3DMF

3DMF (QuickDraw 3D Metafile) is the 3d scene interchange format for Apple’s QuickDraw 3D API. 3DMF files may be either plain-text or binary. An SDK was made available for both Apple’s Mac OS and Microsoft Windows 95.

Specifications

 * Apple QuickTime 3D Meta file format specification

Example Files

 * Great Buildings Collection
 * Molecular Orbitals

Software

 * Quesa 3D graphics library - supports binary and source-level compatibility with Apple’s QuickDraw 3D API.
 * AlphaOmega 3DMF Viewer
 * Geo3D 3DMF viewer
 * 3DMF_OpenGL - source code for loading a 3DMF file and displaying it with OpenGL

Links

 * Wikipedia page on QuickDraw 3D
 * Geometric representation using QuickDraw 3D meta files
 * QuickDraw 3D: A New Dimension for Macintosh Graphics
 * 3D graphics programming with QuickDraw 3D