Thanks for the link to your model viewer Filax..
Impressive, and professional looking I must say.
By the way, it warns that it only loads 3ds, X and blitz models. but evidently doesn't recognise the X files, at least not on my computer, refusing to load them..
I am not worried as I will probably stick with my cheap and nasty - but very quick to use - viewer. Perhaps add a few features or mouse control as the urge strikes.
It did occur to me that it would be convenient if your viewer used the size of an object to set view distance ( or scale ) upon loading .
Just a convenience. Oh .. and perhaps have the axes representation toggle with the grid? Small models were a bit overwhelmed.
I'm glad to see that someone else likes a neutral gray for a background ! Perhaps a viewer for wider use could have a preference setting for a few things like that? Perhaps for lighting as well. Some prefer side light, others front or directly above. Perhaps fog as well. etc.
A more ambitious project has occured to me, to make a browser that loads all models in a directory and presents a sort of scaled thumbnail gallery from which you select one to focus on. Slower to initially load, but very quick in skipping from one to another.
Oh well. Thank you again. I am going to assume that no one has an explanation or cure for the lack of standard texture transparency with 3DS files in blitz ???
regards David L.
Impressive, and professional looking I must say.
By the way, it warns that it only loads 3ds, X and blitz models. but evidently doesn't recognise the X files, at least not on my computer, refusing to load them..
I am not worried as I will probably stick with my cheap and nasty - but very quick to use - viewer. Perhaps add a few features or mouse control as the urge strikes.
It did occur to me that it would be convenient if your viewer used the size of an object to set view distance ( or scale ) upon loading .
Just a convenience. Oh .. and perhaps have the axes representation toggle with the grid? Small models were a bit overwhelmed.
I'm glad to see that someone else likes a neutral gray for a background ! Perhaps a viewer for wider use could have a preference setting for a few things like that? Perhaps for lighting as well. Some prefer side light, others front or directly above. Perhaps fog as well. etc.
A more ambitious project has occured to me, to make a browser that loads all models in a directory and presents a sort of scaled thumbnail gallery from which you select one to focus on. Slower to initially load, but very quick in skipping from one to another.
Oh well. Thank you again. I am going to assume that no one has an explanation or cure for the lack of standard texture transparency with 3DS files in blitz ???
regards David L.