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    Anyone one know of a software that's easy to use in rendering a 3D pool table?

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    Default Re: 3D rendering of a pool table

    Is there something wrong with OpenGL?

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    Default Re: 3D rendering of a pool table

    Quote Originally Posted by Brandybuck View Post
    Is there something wrong with OpenGL?
    Well, as Israa wants an "easy" solution I think there's definitely something wrong with raw OpenGL ...

    You should take a look at a 3d engine. Among the leading open source ones there are :
    All these have a C++ API (and sometimes wrapper in other languages such as Java, Python, ...)
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    There's nothing wrong with OpenGL, infact thats what I'm using for my project. I just wanted to know if there was some software out there like MilkShape or Blender that I can use to create the pool table and then import it into my program. I haven't used Milkshape but I had a hard time getting used to Blender so I wanted something easier to learn.

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    Default Re: 3D rendering of a pool table

    Quote Originally Posted by Israa View Post
    There's nothing wrong with OpenGL, infact thats what I'm using for my project. I just wanted to know if there was some software out there like MilkShape or Blender that I can use to create the pool table and then import it into my program. I haven't used Milkshape but I had a hard time getting used to Blender so I wanted something easier to learn.
    Raw OpenGL is not able to load any kind of 3d models. For this you need a 3d engine or a dedicated OpenGL loading library... Blender has the big advantages of being complete, open source and to have a big community but I agree that it's quite complicated... If you don't want to spend time learning how to use it you can take a look at these (not necessarily easier ):
    • 3DS Max : Considered by many as THE must-have for 3d modelling.
    • Lighwave : another leading commercial product
    • Maya : Yet another commercial tool
    • Milkshape 3d : A (commerical) outsider
    • Sketchup : The Google offer (who said Google is invading our desktops just like M$ ??? )
    • Anim8or : A free (but not open-source) modeler for windows (in the resources you will find a (very basic) SDK to use created files in raw OpenGL programs.
    • Wings 3d : An open source modeler that can import and export 3DS and Wavefront files
    P.S. : this list is not exhaustive... Googling around can lead you to other software I've never heard of but the one listed above (plus Blender) make up more than 90% of the 3d modeling world...
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    Default Re: 3D rendering of a pool table

    You can also use OpenInventor API, for instance Coin3D.

    As for Blender and OpenGL - in Blender you can save an object in a format (sorry, don't remember its name) which you can then easily handle from a raw OpenGL application as the format is textual and contains information about vertex positions of items. There is also a class to read in 3ds files available in the net.

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