Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] Importing 3D Models into Python

[Mike C. F. <mcf...@ro...>]

Well, I wrote it, so I'm biased ;) , but I normally use VRML97 and load 
it with OpenGLContext.  Under the covers the various OpenGLContext 
scenegraph nodes are creating (normally array-based) representations of 
the loaded geometry in very OpenGL-friendly formats.  VRML97 can be 
generated by quite a considerable number of modelers, including the free 
(but very-weird if you're an old AutoCAD/3DS/3DSMax/Maya modeler like 
me) Blender.  You could quite conceivably rip the parsing + 
pre-rendering-processing code out of OpenGLContext if you want to import 
into your own scenegraph model (it's all BSD-licensed).

3DS files, btw, are often exportable from other modelers, 3DSMax is just 
about as foreign to 3DS as any other modeler.

I believe there may be some Quake-style map importers, but I've long 
since lost track of those projects.

I believe the University of Waterloo computer graphics course has a .obj 
to PyOpenGL importer kicking about somewhere, but I don't think they've 
released the source code.

Good luck,
Mike

Y S wrote:
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> If anyone has any suggestions about a good way to import 3D models to 
> use in Python with PyOpenGL, I would appreciate the feedback. Thank you. 

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