71² – The ramblings of two 30-something developers

One question I get asked a lot is “how do I load 3D models into OpenGL ES?”.

Of course, the answer to that isn’t a simple one. If you followed my my earlier posts on importing Wavefront OBJ files, you’re probably aware of that already. There are many file formats, and none of them are ideal for loading into a resource-constrained device like the iPhone.

The Blender Objective-C Export Script script has been updated to fix some problems, and to use interleaved data structures. There’s a sample project, complete with a (cheap & dirty) texture, the source Blender project and the UV template for the ship.