Where might I find information on the composition of .3DS and .MLI binary
files? I would like to generate materials procedurally. I would appreciate any
advice on this or referal to already published, or listed
notes.
>> Where might I find information on the composition of
.3DS and .MLI binary files? <<
Autodesk makes the 3D Studio Files Toolkit that provides C libraries for
reading and writing the file formats as well as complete (or nearly so)
documentation of the file format. The cost of the toolkit is $250 US. That
may sound like a lot of money, but it will save you the weeks of work it takes
to write a good file.
There are two files in the Software Dev. Kits library (lib 10) that have some
more information about the kit: FTK3-C.ZIP and FTK2_R.ME.
-Grant Blaha [ADESK]