Fastest library for 3d graphics?

[ziodice]

I'm looking for a graphics library that can have 3d models, but with the minimal amount of coding. Any ideas?

[ziodice]

No responese. Guess it wasn't a good question, because it makes me seem like I don't WANT to code, but I just want to get a 3d model on the screen somewhere, then I'll work on using lot's of code to make it actually GOOD. Also, does C++ libraries have the ability to put .blend models on the screen? Cause, I have no money, so I only use free aoftware, cause I ain't no pirate

[3hM2Nwbp]

I'd recommend Irrlicht - but keep in mind that 3D graphics takes a whole lot more knowledge than just C++. You'll have to mess with the models, textures, shaders, light sources, etc to get it to look right. (Pretty much, you have to be artistically talented as well.)

Good luck!

[Disch]

Give us more than an hour to respond. There isn't always someone on the forum 24/7.

I would look into the ORGE library. I've never used it myself, but I know it does a lot of abstraction to make 3D rendering easier.

[Intrexa]

You threw out some really vague concept of what you want, then waited just a tad over an hour during a slow hour of the day. You still haven't said what you actually want to accomplish. What are you coding, what are you trying to make good? Is it a game? Editing the model? Animation?

[ziodice]

Sorry. it's just that when I first got on this forum, people responded within minutes. Thats why I complain about the speed sometimes. Also, @Luc Lieber I'm not exactly "artistically talented" I can make a very, very (very), very, basic model...of a cube. Atleast in blender I can. And back @disch by ORGE, do you mean OGRE? Or is that something else? Also @ intrexa, mainly, I just want it so the user can SEE it, and eventually, that will lead up (In like years) to a 3d puzzle game I have an idea for.

[Disch]

Yes I meant Ogre. Silly typo.

[ziodice]

I thought ogre was a graphics ENGINE though

[Disch]

Isn't that what you're looking for?

You said you wanted to give it models and have it draw them. AFAIK, Ogre does that.

[3hM2Nwbp]

Pretty much any engine that you choose will have quite a bit of boilerplate coding. You'll have to set up a window, a camera, lighting, and a few other things just to be able to get a basic "hello 3d world" equivalent program to run. Luckily however, most engines have a copy & paste template for much of the boilerplate.

[ziodice]

Okay. Thanks for all the help, and thanks for not getting super pissed at my lack of knowledge, because that's what internet people tend to do