How to load a mesh from file?

[Lorian]

Hi, this is quite a noobish question, but so far I have just been playing around with cubes. How would I go about loading a mesh (say from a 3ds file) into the Bullet world?

Cheers.

[Erwin Coumans]

Bullet demos support import of 3 different file formats in the samples:

- Collada Physics (.dae), there exist exporters for 3ds Max, Maya and Blender. This supports constraints, rigid body information and most collision shapes, including compound shapes.

Just for static mesh geometry:
- .obj files (most 3d packages can export this format), see ConvexDecompositionDemo for import sample code
- Quake .bsp files, see Demos/BspDemo

Hope this helps,
Erwin

Hi, this is quite a noobish question, but so far I have just been playing around with cubes. How would I go about loading a mesh (say from a 3ds file) into the Bullet world?

Cheers.

[Lorian]

Great, thanks for your help.

[Lorian]

Hm, does Bullet support height maps for terrain?

[Erwin Coumans]

You can use the triangle mesh for terrain. There is some preparation for 2d heightmap terrains, but this is not finished. Someone wanted to do a contribution for this, we have to check about the status.

Thanks,
Erwin

Hm, does Bullet support height maps for terrain?