Importing OBJ. Files.........???

kwannie

Is there any foolproof technique for importing OBJ. files into DAZ Studio with the textures applied? I can import OBJ. geomertry every single time without a hitch, but importing OBJ. with textures applied is always hhit or miss. From what I understand, as long as the OBJ. file references the .MTL file exactly as it is named it should import the textures that are in the same folder.

I have found that the name of the .MTL file can't have any spaces, dashes or underscores.

I'm not sure what the protocal is for for the first few lines of either the .OBJ or .MTL files, for example, placing # at beginning of line or spaces between lines or whatever the syntax rules are.

Does the OBJ anf MTL files have to be in the same folder as the textures?

Thanks,

felis

Usually textures with an obj will only be base textures.

McGyver

The OBJ and MTL should generally be kept together... I can't think of any reason to separate them, so yeah keep them together.

OBJ import to DAZ generally works for me, but you have to make sure the MTL file is properly referencing the materials/textures... Usually that's not a problem since I'm either exporting from Blender or 3D Coat... but if the references are broken or the MTL is somewhere else, stuff will go wrong.

And as mentioned previously above, you'll always have to reconfigure the textures for DAZ/IRay 

Bejaymac

If the OBJ and MTL have the same name and are in the same folder, then DS will load the MTL at the same time as the OBJ.

Textures not loading is down to the pathways inside the MTL, and how you are Importing the OBJ into DS.

Using "File >> Import" means that DS has no idea where to start looking, so the pathways in the MTL need to be the full pathway including drive letter of the textures location.

You can also load OBJ from within the Content Library tab in DS, using the "Other Import Format" directory. From here DS takes the location of the MTL as it's starting point, so yet again the pathways need to point to the right location but you wont need the drive letter this time.

richardandtracy

If you assume you're going to need to work the materials from the ground up, you won't be disappointed. And once in a blue moon, when it works properly, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Not often, but once in a while. Regards, Richard.