Summary

A cool project I did for my final project in IB Computer Science (grade 13). It's a software 3D rendering engine written in Turbo Pascal (view source). It loads up mesh files (converted from 3dstudio using a little utility I hacked), then animates them spinning on the screen, which you can control and play with.

It was a little beyond what was required in the course -- the next most sophisticaed program was a recipe database -- but it got me a good mark!

Download

• 3DSpin-o-Matic v1.3 (binaries and models) 294k

• 3DSpin-o-Matic v1.3 (source code and models) 239k

Usage

The binary package comes with two programs:

• 3ds2msh.exe - converts 3dstudio .3DS files to .MSH files

• 3dspin.exe - views .MSH files

If you're using WindowsXP, load up a command prompt:

• Start -> Run... -> "cmd.exe"

Then change to the directory where you unzipped it and run:

• 3dspin <modelname>.msh

If you're using Windows9x, do the same thing, but run "command.com" instead of "cmd.exe".

The rest is self-explanatory.

Screenshots

Mr. Face, with pseudo-antialiasing

Mr. Face, with motion blur enabled

Mr. Face, with just the points

Cute ducky

FOR THE EMPIRE!!!

Look, it's Chopper-Four!