Re: [gl4java-usergroup] Re : Then new project...

[Pepijn V. E. <pep...@lu...>]

I second Alban's opinion.

Pepijn

On vrijdag, mei 2, 2003, at 14:08 Europe/Brussels, Alban Cousini=E9 =
wrote:

>> Things I would like to see also.
>>
>> 1) parsers for many standard 3d file formats.  Maybe JavaCC or one of
> the
>> other java based lex/yacc's
>
> My opinion is that it is not the role of an OpenGL Binding to handle
> file loading, because it requires to set up specific data structures =
to
> handle the storage of polygons, to manage matrix transformations of
> objects, textures and cameras (I assume if you want to load an object,
> you also want to rotate around and examinate it) : this the purpose of=20=

> a
> 3D engine and it goes beyond the scope of gl4java.
>
> This is why I have started the OpenMind project : it is a 3D engine on
> top of gl4java. It actually features most of the functionalities you=20=

> are
> looking for and the code is also open source. It currently loads =
3dsMAX
> ASE files, and soon parsers will be developed to handle .md3, .3ds and
> .obj files. We always need open source developers I want to code a
> parser :)
>
> So if you want to give it a look : http://www.mind2machine.com
>
> Regards,
>
> Alban
>
>
>
>
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