Hi Alan, The OSG has many loaders for different formats, just listing the src/osgPugins directory will reveal them all. Most of the loaders have been around on use for a number of years and don't see too much in the way of changes these days, so touch wood seem to do O.K. on existing users models.
There is a big but.. applications often export files to formats in non standard ways - there break the specification for the format, most of the time probably accidentally others perhaps deliberately. This makes the life of plugin writer a bit of nightmare, as you still have to try and load these dodgy files or fail gracefully. In general I'd say formats like OpenFlight, TerraPage, 3ds, Lightware .lwo, .obj, COLLADA are all pretty commonly used formats around the OSG. How well you'll fare with your users models will depend on what apps they export them from, etc. "You mileage may vary" as they say. Robert. On 8/14/07, Alan Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wish to be able to import simple 3D models into an application. These > would typically be buildings - so simple geometries with applied textures. > > Does anyone have advice on the most suitable formats to use that already > have osg importers? Some simple examples for testing would be much > appreciated. > > Which importers are reasonably robust and (with possible qualification > on model complexity) and reasonably bug free? I would want to avoid > getting involved in trying to sort out import data problems in files I > do not understand. > > -- > > Regards > Alan Harris > > ReSoft Ltd > Cornwallis, Burycroft Road > Hook Norton > Banbury, OX15 5PR, UK > Tel: +44 (0) 1608 730707 > Web: www.resoft.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
