[PD] gem renders a teapot with 2 heads!

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

hard off wrote:
> ok, so there is an object in gem called the [teapot] object, which, as
> its name suggests, renders a 3-D teapot.
> 
> what if i want to render a train, or ultraman, or a bottle of beer, or
> a teapot with 2 heads, or something?
> 
> are there any objects that would allow me to render something like
> that?  i think what would be ideal is if there was some way i could
> import a 3-D image made in another program.

use [model] to load .OBJ-files (alias|wavefront)

currently only this format is supported, but i have started to write 
loaders for other formats (like 3ds, and...) but haven't got too far 
right now...

> 
> is there something like that yet???
> 
> also (am i allowed 2 questions in one post?  pleeeease!!!) 
i'd prefer only 1 question per mail

> 
> is there a good website where i can get links to ppl involved in the
> visual side of PD, or other objects for visual pd use ????  i can find
> plenty of stuff about audio, but not so much stuff about GEM and
> whatever.

well, set it up at puredata.org

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IOhannes