[SOLVED] Open .OBJ or .STL files

[fitouss]

Hello,
i just download SOFA and i don’t understand if it is possible or not to open .OBJ or. STL files.
I don’t find the answer on the forum, maybe because it is too simple (but i block).
I work on Meshmixer and i would like to apply deformability on my objects.
Is it possible to work with .OBJ file or not ? When i try to open it (for example Bunny.obj from Meshmixer, nothing appear).
In addition, i don’t know if it is possible from meshmixer to export in .XML, .pscn, .scn files.

Thanks for your answer,
Alex.

[Guillaume]

Hi Alex,

Yes, SOFA can deal with .obj and .stl files but you can’t open them directly in runSofa.
To play with .obj files, you have to import them within a scene (.scn or .xml) and then open the scene with runSofa.
To import your .obj in a scene, you have to use the adequate Loader component. Have a look at this page of the documentation and the share/sofa/examples/Components/loader examples in your SOFA folder.

Hope this helps,
Guillaume.

[Hugo]

Hi Alex,

To add a small detail, you can have an example of loading a .obj object in the scene: /data/Softwares/sofa/src/master/examples/Components/loader/MeshObjLoader.scn

This scene shows you how to do it easily.
Cheers,

Hugo

[fitouss]

Thanks for your answers, it works !
I took the MeshObjLoader.scn and change the filename, then i open the .scn file.

[Hugo]

Perfect !!

I will soon update the associated page in the online documentation.
Cheers,

Hugo

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