porters

OBJ


OBJ File Import

Demo -


To use it, you just have to reference the loader file:

<script src="babylon.2.1.js"></script>
<script src="babylon.objFileLoader.js"></script>

You can find it here

Babylon.js will know how to load the obj file and its mtl file automatically:

BABYLON.SceneLoader.Load("/assets/", "batman.obj", engine, function (newScene) { 
   // ...
});
var loader = new BABYLON.AssetsManager(scene);
var batman = loader.addMeshTask("batman", "", "assets/", "batman.obj");
BABYLON.SceneLoader.ImportMesh("batmanface", "batman.obj", scene, function (meshes) { 
   // ...
});

Good things to know

  • Your model doesn't have to be triangulated, as this loader will do it automatically.
  • A Babylon.Mesh will be created for each object/group
  • The obj model should be exported with -Z axis forward, and Y axis upward to be compatible with Babylon.js

Axis

  • By default, due to optimization in the code for loading time, UVs problems can appear, like this :

Batman UVs problem

If you meet this problem, set the variable

BABYLON.OBJFileLoader.OPTIMIZE_WITH_UV = true;

Then, you'll have a better texture, but with a longer loading.

Batman UVs ok

Supported

  • Object/group
  • Faces
    • triangles
    • quads
    • polygons
  • Colors
    • diffuseColor
    • ambientColor
    • specularColor
    • specularPower
    • alpha
  • Textures
    • ambientTexture
    • diffuseTexture
    • specularTexture
    • bumpTexture
    • opacityTexture
  • Multimaterial
    • For each material defined in the same mesh, it creates a new BABYLON.Mesh.
    • The name of the created BABYLON.Mesh follows this syntax: meshName_mmX
    • X is the nth BABYLON.Mesh created with this method

Not supported currently

  • Smoothing groups (s parameter in OBJ file)
  • Illumination (illum parameter in MTL file)
  • The differents options for loading textures in MTL file.
  • A good description about MTL file and his options could be found here: http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/mtl/