OBJ Conversion

This documentation describes the process of OBJ conversion.

In OBJ conversion, here are two services available:

• Upload data for web access (provide OBJ file download link)
• convert OBJ to 3DTiles

Upload data for web access

1. Click the upload data button to open the upload panel.
2. Click browse to select the OBJ file you want to upload.
3. Choose the conversion service as “upload data for web access”.
4. Enter the version name
5. Click ok to start a conversion

Convert OBJ to 3DTiles

Requirements: Only accept obj zip file. Inside the zip file, the obj file and material file should be in the same folder. If material file also uses jpg texture, then include .jpg files in the zip folder for texture.

• sample.zip
  • sample folder
    • sample_model.obj
    • sample_model. mtl
    • (sample_model_000.jpg)
    • (sample_model_001.jpg)

1. Click the upload data button to open the upload panel.
2. Click browse to select the OBJ zip file you want to upload.
3. Choose the file format as OBJ
4. Choose the conversion service as “convert OBJ to 3DTiles”.
5. Enter the version name
6. Click ok to start a conversion

The conversion process may take a few minutes to a few hours to complete, depends on the file size. Once completed, you will get four URLs.

Tools for OBJ converted 3DTiles

Load Model:

You can use this function to preview your converted OBJ model.

Edit location:

You can use Edit location to edit location parameters to refine the location of the model. Location parameters include lon, lat, height, rotate, scale, and vertical axis.

Get urls:

• Converted file download link: 3DTiles zip file download link
• Original file download link: uploaded OBJ file download link
• 3DTiles link: 3DTiles link for web access

Log:

Log file

Publish in DT:

This function will publish the converted 3DTiles into data explore and make it publicly available for all the users. For more details about managing 3DTiles access in data explorer, please visit the data access control configuration