Gamedev Toolbox: Open 3D Model Viewer (+ Assimp)

The GameDev toolbox is a look at essential tools for game developers, programmers, artists, audio guys, writers and designers.

Today's tool is the Open 3D Model Viewer http://www.open3mod.com/

A free and open source 3D model viewer and convertor built over the Assimp ( http://assimp.sourceforge.net/main_features_formats.html ) model loading library.

It enables you to view 3d models, preview their animations and textures, and export them to a number of formats. It is able to import well over 40 types of files. In addition to being a file converter, it is also very useful to debug how you model will look in game. The ASSIMP library is used as the loader in a number of 3D game engiens. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9yQZIV88ew