OBJ_TO_TRI_SURFACE
Convert data from OBJ to TRI_SURFACE format


OBJ_TO_TRI_SURFACE, a MATLAB program which reads data from an OBJ file describing a polygonal mesh of a 3D surface, and converts it to a pair of arrays describing a triangular mesh or TRI_SURFACE.

Since the faces in an OBJ file can be of any polygonal order, while the faces in a TRI_SURFACE file must be triangular, the program automatically uses a crude method to break up higher order faces from the OBJ file into triangles.

An OBJ file is format for storing a description of the surface of a 3D object, composed of triangles or higher degree polygons.

A TRI_SURFACE or triangulated mesh surface, is described by a pair of arrays:

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

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OBJ_TO_TRI_SURFACE is available in a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

OBJ, a data directory which contains a description and examples of OBJ files.

OBJ_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which reads an OBJ file and displays it.

OBJ_IO, a MATLAB library which reads or writes an OBJ file.

obj_to_tri_surface_test

STLA_TO_TRI_SURFACE, a MATLAB program which reads an ASCII STL file and extracts the surface mesh data as a TRI_SURFACE dataset.

TRI_SURFACE, a data directory which contains examples of TRI_SURFACE files.

TRI_SURFACE_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which displays a TRI_SURFACE.

TRI_SURFACE_IO, a MATLAB library which reads and writes the 3D graphics information in a TRI_SURFACE file;

TRI_SURFACE_TO_OBJ, a MATLAB program which reads a TRI_SURFACE dataset and extracts the surface mesh data as an OBJ file.

TRI_SURFACE_TO_PLY, a MATLAB program which converts TRI_SURFACE data to data suitable for storage as a PLY file.

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Last revised on 23 February 2019.