Thread: OpenGL & 3ds max

I worked a lot with both OpenGL and 3ds max, and i understand how it all works. So i'm looking for an api that can load an animated model ( it doesn't have to be *.max, anything will do ) and display it in OpenGL.
So does anyone knows about such API.
If such api doesn't exists, i'm willing to do my own loader, just that i don't know which file format supports animation, and some links about 3d file formats would be appretiated.
I found an API which loads *.obj, but it doesn't support animation...

That helped a lot thanks. I'l check these samples and report.

I have run alot of tests, and my conclusion is that the best file format is Half Life's *.mdl. *.3ds is to complicated... Does someone know of a way to export a mdl from 3ds max ( with animations, bones, stuff like that )?

that is neverwinter's night's mdl exporter, not half life's.

Ok i found the thing i need, it's the valve's half life sdk. Which includes "studiomdl.exe" to compile *.mdl from *.smd and textures, and ...
Thanks for help anyway.

Check out ASSIMP for model loading. It can load more model formats than you know what to do with.. Open Asset Import Library