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OBJ Import for Pro/ENGINEER - Wavefront OBJ file import plug-in for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire

OBJ Import for Pro/ENGINEER is a SketchUp OBJ file import plug-in for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. This plug-in gives Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire the ability to import objects from SketchUp OBJ files.

OBJ Import for Pro/ENGINEER reads polygon mesh data stored in OBJ files and imports it into Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. A polygon mesh in a OBJ file is comprised of a set of triangular faces. OBJ Import for Pro/ENGINEER creates trimmed planar surfaces for each triangle and knits them together to create a body. If the polygon mesh is closed (i.e. it does not contain boundary edges) then OBJ Import for Pro/ENGINEER will create a closed body feature, otherwise an open surface will be created.

OBJ Import for Pro/ENGINEER is very easy to use. Once installed, it must be loaded into the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire environment. Follow the simple instructions in the "ReadMe" document which can be found in the installation folder. Once loaded, it adds new commands to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire and a submenu called "SKPImport" to the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire menu.

OBJ Import for Pro/ENGINEER comes with detailed documentation as well as a tutorial to get you started in the shortest possible time.

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The OBJ File Format

The OBJ file format is a geometry definition file format first developed by Wavefront Technologies for its Advanced Visualizer animation package. The file format is open and has been adopted by other 3D graphics application vendors, making it a universally accepted geometry file format. The OBJ file format is a simple data format that represents 3D geometry alone - namely, the position of each vertex, the texture coordinate associated with a vertex, the normal at each vertex, and the faces that make each polygon..
 

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