Viewing Downloadable 3DMAX-Lightwave Models

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-04-20 12:06pm

I know absolutely nothing about 3-D modeling, 3DMAX, or Lightwave. But I understand that you can download a model of a ship to use in a film or whatever.

Can these models be viewed without having 3DMAX or Lightwave? Is there just a viewer, where you can turn the model any which way and create screenshots?

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-04-20 12:23pm

google for

OpenGL 3D model viewer

and see what happens.
i haven´t tried any of the sites but it looks promising.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-20 12:25pm

Hmm sounds like a thread I was *just* about to post. Thank you, Lord Poe, for doing my dirty work

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-20 12:29pm

salm wrote:google for

OpenGL 3D model viewer

and see what happens.
i haven´t tried any of the sites but it looks promising.

*right-clicks the phrase 'OpenGL 3D model viewer' and hits Web Search...*

GODDESS I love Mozilla! (except the Java crashes...)

Kenny_10_Bellys · Post by **Kenny_10_Bellys** » 2003-04-20 02:53pm

There are 2 or 3 model viewer programs available, some better than others and some free. Very few do all the latest types and usually the don't do very well with textures and what-not anyway. Why bother with looking half-drawn models if you dont have the software to render them properly or animate them in your film anyway?

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-04-20 06:40pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Hmm sounds like a thread I was *just* about to post. Thank you, Lord Poe, for doing my dirty work

Quite welcome. Now did you find one?

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-04-20 06:41pm

Kenny_10_Bellys wrote:There are 2 or 3 model viewer programs available, some better than others and some free. Very few do all the latest types and usually the don't do very well with textures and what-not anyway. Why bother with looking half-drawn models if you dont have the software to render them properly or animate them in your film anyway?

To use the ships in webpages, or webcomics, naturally. That and I can't spare a few thousand for 3DMAX and Lightwave.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-20 07:27pm

Lord Poe wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Hmm sounds like a thread I was *just* about to post. Thank you, Lord Poe, for doing my dirty work
Quite welcome. Now did you find one?

Nope

I reinstalled windows tho. This comp is running tighter than a virgin ass now!

Kenny_10_Bellys · Post by **Kenny_10_Bellys** » 2003-04-20 08:11pm

Well dont get your hopes up, the ones I've tried were pretty shaky at best and the viewing window was just a small pane on one side of the directory structure on the page. I think your best bet is to get yourself a free or dirt-cheap 3D rendering program that'll view many object types, and the best one that springs to mind is a little program called Pixel 3D. I think you'll be able to find a working version either for free or shareware, and it loads and converts more 3D file types than any other program I've seen except for Polytrans, and that's $400. It's a fully functional 3D modelling prog too, so you can render or model your own scenes as well.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-20 08:31pm

Kenny_10_Bellys wrote:Well dont get your hopes up, the ones I've tried were pretty shaky at best and the viewing window was just a small pane on one side of the directory structure on the page. I think your best bet is to get yourself a free or dirt-cheap 3D rendering program that'll view many object types, and the best one that springs to mind is a little program called Pixel 3D. I think you'll be able to find a working version either for free or shareware, and it loads and converts more 3D file types than any other program I've seen except for Polytrans, and that's $400. It's a fully functional 3D modelling prog too, so you can render or model your own scenes as well.

Ahh, thank you!

*Googles 'Pixel 3D'*

*finds the site, IT'S FRENCH! No Traduizees either!*

*goes to PCWorld site and dloads it and Irfanview (ooh, a 2fer!)*