Loading a .3ds file

Google :), I think andre lamothe might explain it in his tricks for the 3d game programming gurus, if you dont have it, get it, this is just about the best book i have ever owned. It explains every single detail of writing a 3d engine for software from scratch without OGL or DX.

or if your not terribly concerned with how the actual loading code works, ATI's Developer website has a 3DS loading lib in their Mandlebrot sample, piss easy to use.

ATi Mandlebrot Demo

here is a tutorial on this.