This is a googlecode fork of code from this discussion thread:

http://www.emutalk.net/threads/54262-BMDView2-Linux?p=447701

and this download link:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21757902/bmdview2.tar.gz

Here is another relevant discussion thread: http://kuribo64.net/?page=thread&id=532

Wii's Super Mario Galaxy games store data in files that end in .bdl files, other games store them in .bmd files. This project is for the linux version of a tool that has evolved over the years (multiple contributors, some anonymous) to view these models and export them to other formats so the data can be imported into 3D editing tools (like maya, 3d studio max, blender, etc).

As an example:

SB4E01/files/ObjectData/Nigero.arc

contains lots of files (when unpacked).

Nigero.bdl

is the model for the character

Chase.bck

is one of the files that contains animation information for the character.

Use bmdview2 like this:

bmdview2_glut Nigero.bdl Chase.bck

http://bmdview2.googlecode.com/files/nigero.jpg'>

Here's one from NigeroPlanet.arc:

http://bmdview2.googlecode.com/files/nigeroplanet.jpg'>