Trying out 3DMLW … it’s damn easy

Posted by Dennis on Oct 23, 2008 in 3D, Blender • 5 comments

I recently stumbled upon this new 3D Markup Language for the Web. The getting started examples looked quite simple so I figured it was worth giving it a try.

3DMLW can load Blender (.blend) files so I first fired up Blender to create a simple model. Then I wrote the markup code (I used “Quantum Hog“, their editor) to add the object to the scene and make it rotate.

I ended up with only 21 lines of code to get this working! Check it out:


<?xml version='1.0'?>
<document stylesheet='{#default}' color='#5555ee'>
  <stylesheet id='default'>
    <default>
      <lights>
        <light x='150' y='150' />
      </lights>
    </default>
  </stylesheet>
  <content3d camera='{#camera1}'>
    <camera id='camera1' x='0' y='5' z='-10' />
    <object id='arrayObj' x='0' y='0' z='0' source='array_applied.blend' class='thing'>
      <mesh name='Cube' />
    </object>
  </content3d>
  <animation id='rotation'>
    <key duration='90' yaw='0' />
    <key yaw='360' />
  </animation>
  <animate id='animating_lid' loop="true" speed='7' animation='{#rotation}' target='{#arrayObj}' interpolation='linear' />
</document>


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5 comments

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  1. jack on Oct 24, 2008, 6:32 am:

    Cool!

  2. Ann Arbor Web Designer on Nov 11, 2008, 6:22 am:

    Sound like fun.

  3. Alex Dobbs on Dec 28, 2008, 7:12 pm:

    this is not loading in my browser (???) I’ll admit that I’m on vacation in vermont and the internet out here is a bit slower than what I’m accustomed too…. (its running off a satellite TV connection sort of business and really that is just a sad sorry sort of connection in reality)

    but I do really want to see 3DML in action… the code looks very simple and quick…

    it would be nice if we could plop 3d into any text space like HTML….

  4. snowboardfoo on Dec 30, 2008, 6:25 am:

    wow sweet

  5. tfk on Jun 4, 2009, 11:38 am:

    Hi!

    We have released 3DMLW also under MacOS and are working on the next big version.

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