3D models with C++ OpenGL

Can I just Google for those header files or would you send them to me so I can try and test it?

You can get it from Spin-X Engine SourceForge SVN. If you don't want setup SVN, just download the GNU tarball of the project. Read docs/quick_start.txt for instructions how to get started.

I looked at quick_start and it says it needs the direct x sdk?

Cal3d is a good choice. You can get a Blender plugin here:
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~mein/bl...l3d/index.html

It's open source and doesn't have any windows files in the source code. Pretty good documentation, I think. You just drop the py file in the plugin directory of Blender and it will show up in the menu.

I will check more about cal3D tomorrow and I am going to try some more with Collada. Thanks for the tips. I appreciate them all and more are welcome!

Yes, it needs DirectX SDK if you compile the entire solution with the renderer (graphics library). You just need core and core_engine libraries though for loading meshes, which has no DirectX dependencies.

I think I am going to try a different method to use Collada files. I will try the DOM again and there is a tutorial on the files that I need to read.

Good luck! (: Let us know how it turns out.

Thanks! I hope I can put in enough hours to get this working. I did find someone on the Collada forums who has started to work on this already so I am hoping we can work on this together.

You should check out Assimp before trying to write your own parser (especially since you're on a time table). It also supports alot of formats.

Thanks! i am checking out ASSIMP and the Boost libraries. I hope that this can make my Collada using like a dream.

Aah, just got the Collada animation to work in SXE (: Any luck with Assimp?