3D Graphics Suggestions

[mrsnrub]

Hi,
I have a requirement to design an e-commerce site for a clothing company. As part of the site, they will allow for custom sizing requests by customers, where cusomters can enter their own dimensions for jeans, and these jeans will then be manufactured at a slightly higher cost to the consumer.
My dilemna is that I have to develop a corresponding 3D graphic of the jeans when the user has entered the appropriate dimensions. The graphic must be 3D, and should be generated automatically to the proportions of the data entered.
A colleague has suggested I investigate OpenGL as a tool for solving this problem. I am wondering if you could provide your thoughts on this, and even provide links to open source code of this nature that I may be able to use/modify for my purpose if there is any available.

Many thanks in advance.
Steve

 

[clarkin]

My only advice is that whatever way you create your 3d graphic - leave it as a 2d image.

So if you can generate 3d-looking pictures of the jeans according to users' specs on the fly - excellent. But don't have a 3d rotatable widget sitting on the page..
see this 1998 Jakob Nielsen article for more on this:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/981115.html

Good luck otherwise

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