scimesh::obj_io Namespace Reference

Functions for reading OBJ files. More...

Functions
Mesh	read_obj (const std::string &path)
	Load a mesh from a Wavefront OBJ file.

Detailed Description

Functions for reading OBJ files.

Function Documentation

read_obj()

Mesh scimesh::obj_io::read_obj

(

const std::string &

path

)

Load a mesh from a Wavefront OBJ file.

Reads vertex positions, face indices, and optionally normals and texture coordinates from the file. OBJ is a text format — you can open .obj files in any text editor to inspect them.

Parameters

path	Filesystem path to the .obj file.

Returns

A Mesh populated with the file's geometry.

Exceptions

std::runtime_error

if the file cannot be opened or parsed.

Example

Mesh model = scimesh::obj_io::read_obj("teapot.obj");
if (!model.is_valid()) {
    std::cerr << "Failed to load valid mesh from OBJ file\n";
}

Supported features

• Vertex positions (v)
• Faces as triangles (f v1 v2 v3)
• Quads and n-gons (fan-triangulated automatically)
• Negative relative indices (e.g., f -1 -2 -3)
• Face index slash notation (e.g., f 1/2/3, f 1//3)

Unsupported

• Vertex normals (vn) — call compute_vertex_normals() after loading
• Texture coordinates (vt) — UVs default to (0,0)
• Materials (.mtl) — only geometry is loaded, colors are not imported from material files.

See also

read_ply(), read_stl(), Mesh::is_valid(), compute_vertex_normals()

Definition at line 8 of file obj_io.cpp.