Trying out 3DMLW … it’s damn easy

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>