[vtkusers] vtkOBJReader not reading the whole mesh

[Bill Lorensen]

You also need the material file that is referenced in the .obj file:
model.mtl

Then use the OBJImporter because you have more than one object in the file

See:
https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/Cxx/IO/OBJImporter/


On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Tony Yuan <tonyuanac at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I have a problem reading Blender OBJ files using VTK. The vtkOBJReader seems to only read part of the mesh. When I render the data being read it looks like this:
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> However, when I import the OBJ file in Meshlab it looks fine. Mac’s Preview is also able to open the complete mesh.
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> I attached the OBJ file and my code below. I am not very familiar with the OBJ format and how vtkOBJReader is implemented. If someone could point me to the problem and possible fixes, that would be great.
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> Thanks,
> Tony
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