Export mesh in .obj, .mtl, .jpg

[emmanuel-SMT]

Hello,

After several unsuccessful attempts and researchs on web, I post my question here.

Is it possible to export a mesh (one element into the Object Browser) into .obj file with .mtl and .jpg files ?

Thank you for your help.

Emmanuel

MM v3.5

Windows 10

[Anonymous]

If you created the mesh and its color representation in MM: No. MM does per vertex color only. If you want to export the obj with per vertex color you need to set the output format to "OBJ Format with Per-Vertex Color" in the SaveAs dialog. Same if you transferred texture to per vertex color using MakeSolid.

If the mesh came with a texture and you only did some modification: MM saves the obj along with a mtl and image file by default. Some tools like Remesh destroy texture mapping of course.

[emmanuel-SMT]

Hello MagWeb,

Thank you for your answer.

I usually import a texture mesh file and do some modification using among MakeSolid function before exporting. It seems that even if "OBJ Format with Per-Vertex Color" is checked into MakeSolid function, it is not possible to get a .obj file with its associated files (.mtl and .jpg).

Can you confirm that ?

Emmanuel

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Yes, MakeSolid creates a completely new mesh without any UV atlas. It can transfer the texture to a different color representation (per vertex color) but texturing is destroyed. MM saves mtl and image only if there are intact UVs (means only if you didn't use a tool destroying UVs)

[emmanuel-SMT]

Hello Gunter,

Thank you very much for this clarification !