# Named objects in .obj files

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/named-objects-in-obj-files/94185>\
**Category:** Visualization\
**Tags:** meshio\
**Created:** [February 7, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/named-objects-in-obj-files/94185 "2023-02-07T03:56:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/named-objects-in-obj-files/94185/1 "2023-02-07T03:56:26Z")

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I have `.obj` format files exported from Blender, which include object names (`o` keyword). I’d like to retain the association between these object names and the geometry they refer to. As far as I can tell this isn’t currently supported in the MeshIO loader. Similarly it doesn’t look like materials information (`mtllib`, `usemtl`) is preserved.

Is there a way to preserve the object names and materials information when loading with MeshIO? Or with some other package?