Friday, July 11, 2008

View3Dscene


Description: View3Dscene can open and view VRML 1.0, VRML 2.0 (aka VRML 97), 3DS, OBJ (Wavefront) and MD3 scenesfiles created with 3D modeling programs without the need for having a 3D modeling program installed on your machine. This free program offers a number of features including flexible navigation/viewing of objects, playing animations, raytracing, collision detection, as well as a command line operations.

  • Navigation: the ability to move in and around the object using a variety of mouse and keyboard controls.
  • Viewing options: a rich variety here: the ability to change colors, including the color of the object and the background; also gives you the ability to switch a number of options on or off, including vector (vs. solid), smooth shading, fog, blending, texture, point size, etc.
  • Raytracing: if your file includes at least one source of light, you can perform raytracing on the object from View3Dscene (and I must say it seemed rather efficient at this in terms of performance).
  • Play animations: play, pause, and rewind (but no fast forward, apparently). Also provides the ability to make time pass slower or faster on display or loading. Note that I did not test this myself.
  • Command line operations: convert to/from the supported formats, as well as perform a number of custom rendering/viewing operations. (I did not test this).
  • Editing: allows you to inspect your objects (i.e. select an element and view its properties). Also supports limited editing capabilities.
  • Cross platform, unzip and run (no need for installation).
Compatibility: Windows, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD.

Download: View3Dscene



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