ASSIMP

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Fri May 22, 2009 1:50 pm

Hey I just thought I'd mention this cool library I just found, ASSIMP (Open Asset Import Library). It's basically a lib that imports various mesh (And other) file formats.

But the main thing I found interesting is that they support Irrmesh importing and even have a page dedicated to it on their website:

http://assimp.sourceforge.net/formats/IRRMESH.html

Quite amusing.

tonic · Post by **tonic** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:06 pm

There could be some point in making a tool with assimp, which would output to a format which irrlicht supports well. Maybe irrmesh, although I'd prefer a binary format over xml thing (for better loading speed.

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:08 am

Ah very recently they added *.irr file loading also. This can prove very interesting as it means irredit can be used for more than just Irrlicht applications easily. Hmmm...

Yes a few formats like MD5 and maybe any .X files that Irrlicht has trouble loading could be useful. I see one or two other formats that may prove useful also, but I've yet to test how far this thing actually supports these formats (If it imports animations etc correctly).