How to load 3D models in OpenGL C++?

Question

I am trying to load 3D models. How do I to read the data in the model file?

For an example, this is the data:

VERTICES
80 21 32
32 34 17
14 93 56
33 54 87
MODEL_SCALE 5

I know the data in 3D models is not like this, but how will I read the 'vertex data' and the 'model scale amount'?

Answer 1

OpenGL doesn't do this for you. You should write your own parser, store the readed datas into your defined data structures and use OpenGL primitives to render them.

Here's a nice tutorial.