Importing a .3ds file --- Can anyone help please

Question

Here is a world i have written in java 3d
I can import a .obj file into this world but i want to import a file called Flipp.3ds but it keeps giving me an error
Here is the complete class ..... Can anyone help
Im pretty new to java 3d
import java.io.*;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.behaviors.vp.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import javax.media.j3d.*;
import javax.vecmath.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.behaviors.keyboard.*;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.geometry.*;
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.applet.MainFrame;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.geometry.*;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.universe.*;
import com.sun.j3d.utils.image.*;
import com.sun.j3d.loaders.objectfile.ObjectFile;
import com.sun.j3d.loaders.ParsingErrorException;
import com.sun.j3d.loaders.IncorrectFormatException;
import com.sun.j3d.loaders.Scene;
import javax.vecmath.*;
public class Assign2 extends Frame implements ActionListener {
     protected Canvas3D myCanvas3D = new Canvas3D(null);
     protected Button exitBt = new Button("Exit");
        protected BoundingSphere bounds = new BoundingSphere(new Point3d(0.0,0.0,0.0), 100.0);
     private boolean spin = true;
     private double creaseAngle = 60.0;
        private String filename;
// Lights
       * This adds a continuous background sound to the branch group.
       * @param b BranchGroup to add the sound to.
       * @param soundFile String that is the name of the sound file.
     protected void addBackgroundSound (BranchGroup b,String soundFile) {
         //Create a media container to load the file
          MediaContainer droneContainer = new MediaContainer(soundFile);
          //Create the background sound from the media container
          BackgroundSound drone = new BackgroundSound(droneContainer,1.0f);
          //Activate the sound
          drone.setSchedulingBounds(bounds);
          drone.setEnable(true);
          //Set the sound to loop forever
          drone.setLoop(BackgroundSound.INFINITE_LOOPS);
          //Add it to the group
          b.addChild(drone);
      protected void addLights(BranchGroup b) {
          Transform3D dirLightsXfm = new Transform3D();
          dirLightsXfm.set(new Vector3d(-1.5,0.0,0.0));
                   TransformGroup dirLights = new TransformGroup(dirLightsXfm);
          dirLights.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_READ);
          dirLights.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_WRITE);
                   // Create a bounds for the background and lights
                 // Set up the global lights
          Color3f ambLightColour = new Color3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.4f);
          AmbientLight ambLight = new AmbientLight(ambLightColour);
                 ambLight.setInfluencingBounds(bounds);
                 Color3f dirLightColour = new Color3f(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
                 Vector3f dirLightDir  = new Vector3f(-1.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f);
                 DirectionalLight dirLight = new DirectionalLight(dirLightColour, dirLightDir);
                 dirLight.setInfluencingBounds(bounds);
          dirLights.addChild(ambLight);
                 dirLights.addChild(dirLight);
        b.addChild(dirLights);
        if (spin)
          {     Transform3D yAxis = new Transform3D();
               Alpha rotationAlpha = new Alpha(-1, Alpha.INCREASING_ENABLE,
                                               0, 0,
                                               1500, 0, 0,
                                               0, 0, 0);
               //attach to lights
               RotationInterpolator rotator =
                    new RotationInterpolator(rotationAlpha, dirLights, yAxis,
                                               0.0f, (float) Math.PI*2.0f);
               rotator.setSchedulingBounds(bounds);
               b.addChild(rotator);
// Content Branch
      protected BranchGroup buildContentBranch() {
          //Create the appearance for the cube
          Appearance app1 = new Appearance();
                    Appearance app2 = new Appearance();
                  Color3f ambientColour1 = new Color3f(0.0f,0.0f,1.0f);
                    Color3f ambientColour2 = new Color3f(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f);
                    Color3f emissiveColour = new Color3f(0.0f,0.0f,0.0f);
                       Color3f specularColour = new Color3f(1.0f,1.0f,1.0f);
                   Color3f diffuseColour1 = new Color3f(1.0f,1.0f,0.0f);
                    Color3f diffuseColour2 = new Color3f(1.0f,1.0f,0.0f);
                   float shininess = 10.0f;
        app1.setMaterial(new Material(ambientColour1,emissiveColour,diffuseColour1,specularColour,shininess));
          app2.setMaterial(new Material(ambientColour2, emissiveColour,diffuseColour2,specularColour,shininess));
                //import the object...
          filename = "Flipp.max";
          int flags = ObjectFile.RESIZE;
          ObjectFile f = new ObjectFile(flags,
                 (float)(creaseAngle * Math.PI / 180.0));
               Scene s = null;
               try {
                 s = f.load(filename);
               catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                 System.err.println(e);
                 System.exit(1);
               catch (ParsingErrorException e) {
                 System.err.println(e);
                 System.exit(1);
               catch (IncorrectFormatException e) {
                 System.err.println(e);
                 System.exit(1);
          BranchGroup contentBranch = new BranchGroup();
          addLights(contentBranch);
          //Position the Woman
          Transform3D groupXfm = new Transform3D();
          groupXfm.set(new Vector3d(0.0,0.0,0.0));
        TransformGroup group = new TransformGroup(groupXfm);
        group.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_READ);
          group.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_WRITE);
          // Adding to the Content Branch
          group.addChild(s.getSceneGroup());
          contentBranch.addChild(group);
          BoundingSphere movingBounds = new BoundingSphere(new Point3d(0.0,0.0,0.0), 300.0);
          BoundingLeaf boundLeaf = new BoundingLeaf(movingBounds);
          KeyNavigatorBehavior keyNav = new KeyNavigatorBehavior(group);
                    keyNav.setSchedulingBounds(movingBounds);
                    group.addChild(keyNav);
          Transform3D floorXfm = new Transform3D();
          floorXfm.set(new Vector3d(0.0,-1.5,-1.4));
        TransformGroup floor = new TransformGroup(floorXfm);
          floor.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_READ);
          floor.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_WRITE);
        Box theFloor = new Box(3.0f,0.0f,3.0f,app2);
        floor.addChild(theFloor);
        contentBranch.addChild(floor);
          return contentBranch;
// View Branch
     protected BranchGroup buildViewBranch(Canvas3D c) {
          BranchGroup viewBranch = new BranchGroup();
          Transform3D viewXfm = new Transform3D();
                 viewXfm.set(new Vector3f(0.0f,0.0f,10.0f));
          TransformGroup viewXfmGroup = new TransformGroup(viewXfm);
          viewXfmGroup.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_READ);
          viewXfmGroup.setCapability(TransformGroup.ALLOW_TRANSFORM_WRITE);
          BoundingSphere movingBounds = new BoundingSphere(new Point3d(0.0,0.0,0.0), 300.0);
          BoundingLeaf boundLeaf = new BoundingLeaf(movingBounds);
          ViewPlatform myViewPlatform = new ViewPlatform();
          viewXfmGroup.addChild(boundLeaf);
          PhysicalBody myBody = new PhysicalBody();
            PhysicalEnvironment myEnvironment = new PhysicalEnvironment();
          viewXfmGroup.addChild(myViewPlatform);
          viewBranch.addChild(viewXfmGroup);
          View myView = new View();
          myView.addCanvas3D(c);
          myView.attachViewPlatform(myViewPlatform);
                 myView.setPhysicalBody(myBody);
                 myView.setPhysicalEnvironment(myEnvironment);
          return viewBranch;
// Exit Button - dispose of system
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
               dispose();
               System.exit(0);
        public Assign2() {
          VirtualUniverse myUniverse = new VirtualUniverse();
          Locale myLocale = new Locale(myUniverse);
                myLocale.addBranchGraph(buildViewBranch(myCanvas3D));
                myLocale.addBranchGraph(buildContentBranch());
          setTitle("John (Sean) Gleeson 100437719");
          setSize(600,600);
          setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          Panel bottom = new Panel();
          bottom.add(exitBt);
                add(BorderLayout.CENTER, myCanvas3D);
                add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, bottom);
                exitBt.addActionListener(this);
                setVisible(true);
     public static void main(String[] args) {
                  Assign2 demo = new Assign2();
}Thanks,
Sean

Answer 1

You should repost in the 3D forums (just below this one). We are simple 2D folk :)