This lecture was about using the 3D modeller, ArtOfIllusion.

The modeller is in Java and can be downloaded for free from
<pre>
 www.artofillusion.org
</pre>
On studsys, you can run the modeller by typing
<pre>
 java -jar ~mikes/174/ArtOfIllusion.jar
</pre>
<p>
Here are some AOI files for intermediate steps in my space ship
demo:
<ul>
<li><a href="ship1.aoi">ship1.aoi</a>
<li><a href="ship2.aoi">ship2.aoi</a>
<li><a href="ship3.aoi">ship3.aoi</a>
</ul>
<p>
Here are the Wavefront .obj and .mtl files for the finished spaceship.
<ul>
<li><a href="ship.obj">ship.obj</a>
<li><a href="ship.mtl">ship.mtl</a>
</ul>
<p>
The demo <a href="ObjLoad.java">ObjLoad.java</a> shows how to load the
model into a Java3D program by means of the ObjectFile class.
<p>
NOTE: ObjectFile seems to expect a path before the filename.  So, if
your obj file is in the current directory, use ./myfile.obj, rather
than just myfile.obj .