X3D loader problem / possible other formats to try

I used to use X3dModelLoader but it no longer works citing missing types from com.sun.j3d.loaders such as IncorrectFormatException. I seem to remember going down a rabbit hole and trying to fix it all a few years ago to no avail. Does anyone having a working copy I can use?

Failing that what are folk using to load nice 3D models these days? In the old Java3D OBJ files never seemed to work well if they had textures.

I used to be able to stick Big Ben next to structures to give a feeling of scale :-)

Eider_BigBen.jpg

I contacted the author August Lammersdorf and he kindly made a new version of this. I anyone needs a copy please PM me.

Is it possible to have it public in open source licensed form?
Then we could re-integrate?

Which brings us to format in general .. hmm.

Thank you and August for working on this.

I could probably find the time to help Phil incorporate this into Java3D and maybe do an update after Jogl 2.6.0 gets released. Would be really nice if August is amenable to releasing his loader under a license compatible with either the Java3D license or the java3d-utils license.