Dynamically load of 3d models

[Jakob Wagner]

Hi!

I'm about to create a larger realtime 3d project. I havn't completely decided
on which technology to use, but my first choice is director. One thing I need
to know is:

Is it possible to dynamically load 3d models into director in runtime?

Say for instance have an app done in director (exe) and a folder with 3d
models in it, say a chair and a table. Then with code in the app choose to load
in the chair and place it somewhere specific in the 3d scene.

If yes: Is it it possible to somehow have the models as an autocad files
instead of a w3d file? Is there perhaps any "realtime converters"?

If not is it possible to export these w3d files from autocad? Any plugins?

Regards,
Jakob

[gjab13]

Yes, you can dinamically load w3d files at run time.
You can use importFileInto() or loadFile() to load the w3d file into a cast
member and then use cloneModelFromCastMember() to add the models to the 3d
scene. Check out those methods in Director?s Help.

I don?t know if there are any w3d exporter for Autocad, and I don?t think so.
If there aren?t any you can try exporting your Autocad model to another format
that you can import into a 3D program like 3D Studio or Maya, and then export
the w3d from there.

Hope this helps.