How does converting OBJ to BLEND work?
In order to successfully convert an OBJ formatted file to the BLEND format, our converter tools will perform several initial checks to ensure the file provided is indeed an OBJ file. There are many files out there where the file type extension does not match the data contained within the file. To make things more difficult when working with OBJ files is the fact the OBJ file extension is used for other file formats such as the X-Plane format.
Along with these file type checks, our tools will do additional checks to ensure the file is correctly formatted to match the provided file type. There are many tools out there that do not always create OBJ files to the exact specification.
Take your OBJ file
The Wavefront OBJ file format is a text-based format, meaning its contents are human-readable, making smaller OBJ files easy to edit in simple text editors. Larger 3D models quickly generate large text files making hand-editing them in a text editor unwise. Within this text-based format are the core elements that make up the 3D model, including vertices, faces texture coordinates. To ensure efficient conversions, our tool will check all data that is contained within the OBJ file and remove any information that is duplicated. This not only ensures the conversion completes more quickly, but also the generated BLEND file size is smaller.
Along with the core data that makes up the 3D model, our tool will check the OBJ file for the presence of texture coordinates to ensure any texture-based materials are converted correctly. Even if the texture files are not presented with the OBJ file, our converter will preserve any texture coordinates when converting to the BLEND format.
Convert the data from OBJ to BLEND
Now that the data from the OBJ file has been processed, our tool can apply any conversion specified options, such as enabling Voxel mode, and with these applied, prepare the data to be converted to the final BLEND file format. Part of this process ensures checking the capabilities of the BLEND format and removing any data that cannot be represented.
Save to the BLEND format
At this point, the OBJ to Blender conversion tool will have the 3D model in a state that is ready to be transferred to the Blender BLEND format. Our tool creates the BLEND file, ensuring all the model data is present and is formatted to match the BLEND file specification to ensure the file can be opened in Blender and other editors that are capable of editing BLEND files.
If the OBJ file contains texture images, these will be exported to a format that is compatible with the BLEND format. For most textures that are stored as JPG or PNG images, these are transferred with no changes. However, if there are other formats, such as TGA, these will be converted to a suitable format.
If an OBJ texture does need to be converted to a different image file format, our tool will ensure the quality and resolution are not degraded during the conversion process.
