Convert 3DS to HTML via C#

Render 3DS as HTML without any 3D modeling and rendering software.

How to Convert 3DS to HTML Using C#

In order to convert 3DS to HTML, we’ll use

Aspose.3D for .NET

API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use document manipulation and conversion API for C# platform. Open

NuGet

package manager, search for Aspose.3D and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console Command
PM> Install-Package Aspose.3D

Steps to Convert 3DS to HTML via C#

.NET programmers can easily load & convert 3DS files to HTML in just a few lines of code.

Load 3DS file via the constructor of Scene class
Create an instance of HtmlSaveOptions
Set HTML specific properties for advanced conversion
Call the Scene.Save method
Pass the output path with HTML file extension & object of HtmlSaveOptions
Check resultant HTML file at specified path

System Requirements

Before running the .NET conversion code, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core, Mono.
Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.
Aspose.3D for .NET DLL referenced in your project.

A 3D File Processing Library to manipulate 3D files without any modeling and rendering software. The 3D API supports Discreet3DS, WavefrontOBJ, FBX (ASCII, Binary), STL (ASCII, Binary), Universal3D, Collada, glTF, GLB, PLY, DirectX, Google Draco file formats and more. Developers can create, read, convert, modify and control the substance of 3D document formats easily.

3DS What is 3DS File Format?

A file with 3DS extension represents 3D Studio (DOS) mesh file format used by Autodesk 3D Studio. Autodesk 3D Studio has been in 3D file format market since 1990s and has now evolved to 3D Studio MAX for working with 3D modeling, animation and rendering. A 3DS file contains data for 3D representation of scenes and images and is one of the popular file formats for 3D data import and export. It considers information like camera locations, Mesh data, lighting information, viewport configurations, smoothing group data, bitmap references and attributes to create vertices and polygons for rendering a scene.

html What is html File Format?

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the extension for web pages created for display in browsers. Known as language of the web, HTML has evolved with requirements of new information requirements to be displayed as part of web pages. The latest variant is known as HTML 5 that gives a lot of flexibility for working with the language. HTML pages are either received from server, where these are hosted, or can be loaded from local system as well. Each HTML page is made up of HTML elements such as forms, text, images, animations, links, etc. These elements are represented by tags such as img, a, p and several others where each tag has start and end. It can also embed applications written in scripting languages such as JavaScript and Style Sheets (CSS) for overall layout representation.

Other Supported Conversions

You can also convert 3DS into many other file formats including few listed below.

3DS TO AMF (Additive Manufacturing Format)

3DS TO DAE (Digital Asset Exchange)

3DS TO FBX (3D Format)

3DS TO OBJ (3D File Format)

3DS TO PDF (Portable Document Format)

3DS TO PLY (Polygon File Format)

3DS TO RVM (AVEVA Plant Design Model)

3DS TO STL (Interchangeable 3D Surface Geometry)

3DS TO U3D (Universal 3D)