OT: 3D File viewer

David E. Gervais · #1 May 13th, 2004, 03:47 PM

Hi there,

I have been trying to find a good 3D file viewer. I was wondering if any of you know a good 3D file viewer that can display .x files? Preferably a freeware one. If you know one for .3ds too that would also be good.

Thanks in advance for any help finding a viewer.

Cheers!

Slynky · #2 May 13th, 2004, 04:34 PM

It seems like I have seen some discussed in Renderosity, David. If you aren't a member (free) of Renderosity, you should join. It's the biggest graphics site in the world (possibly) with around 1500 people Online most of the time. Lots of forums (in a format I seem to prefer over the typical UBB forums).

Check it out if you haven't already done so.

David E. Gervais · #3 May 13th, 2004, 11:15 PM

Well, so far I have found a fairly good .3ds and .obj file viewer. (called 3D Photo Browser lite) I'm still looking for a good .x file viewer.

Just thought I'd keep you posted.

Cheers!

Atrocities · #4 May 17th, 2004, 10:15 PM

There was one I used for a while that I downloaded as shareware off of www.download.com I honestly do not recall the name, but if you do a search for 3d viewing or X file viewer, or something like that you might hit paid dirt. Good luck.

Atrocities · #5 May 17th, 2004, 10:22 PM

LINK to a search I did there. I did a search for x file viewers and this was the page it gave me.

David E. Gervais · #6 May 19th, 2004, 01:31 AM

Thanks for the link, it didn't help, but thanks anyway. I have taken a break from searching for a good .x file viewer. it seems like everything I find are full fledged 3d modelers that can load .x files and cost hundreds of dollars. I don't have the funds to spend that kind of money on a 3d modeler just to be able to view .x files.

Overkill is the word that comes to mind.

anyway, if I do end up getting a 3d package that can read and view .x files etc it will probably be DarkBAsic and it's family of 3d tools that come in a bundled package. that way I'll be able to at least have some fun coding as well as fooling around with models.

Cheers!

Aiken · #7 May 19th, 2004, 06:14 AM

David, try DirectX 9.0b SDK. It has to include Mesh Viewer (in the Extras or Tools folder) disigned to view .x file format. I know nothing about the quality of this but at least it's free.

Edit: oops forgot link

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[ May 19, 2004, 05:15: Message edited by: aiken ]

Aiken · #8 May 19th, 2004, 06:44 AM

Or better this: JTEdit http://www.jtgame.com/jtedit/jteditmain.html
===quote===
DirectX .x skinned mesh and frame-based formats, ASCII and binary.
Autodesk .3ds format plug-in, includes animation support.
Blitz3D format plug-in, full support.
JTGame stream and specialized ASCII and binary formats.
All supported formats are natively readable/writable via standard Open/Save As dialogs.
====quote====

It's free and smaller than DX SDK (5MB).

[ May 19, 2004, 05:46: Message edited by: aiken ]

David E. Gervais · #9 May 19th, 2004, 12:20 PM

Thanks for the links Aiken. I'm downloading them both as I type this. I'll check out the JTEdit first and if it is good enough I'll forgo installing the dx90bSDK until a much later date.

I wonder why the search engines I used never pointed me to the JTEdit page. I guess Teoma, google and altavista haven't taken a snapshot of the web in that neck of the woods.

Oh well, thanks again for the links.

Cheers!