3ds loader

Polytrans loads 3DS and a ton of other formats. Are you wanting an application or source code to load it into your application?

Are you after source or a binary?

Here's an excellent 3DS loader with a tutorial:

Tut: http://www.spacesimulator.net/tut4_3dsloader.html
D/L: http://www.spacesimulator.net/tutorials/source_code/spacesimulator.net-tutorial4.zip

Here is an open source library for loading 3ds files. It loads geometry, lights, cameras, materials, animation , atmosphere, etc.

http://lib3ds.sourceforge.net/