Visualize 3D mesh with texture

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@mohamed82008

I also just tested some 3ds file visualization function in VTK and I might add it before the announcement. Of all the listed formats, only 3ds, ply and x3d are colored, and only ply can be read back to a vtkPolyData with the color as a data array, as far as I know. I tested the obj reader in VTK and it doesn’t seem to properly read the material library, maybe I am missing something.

I was able to export my spacecraft model in FBX from Fusion360, import in Blender and export as 3DS… and visualize it with VTKDataIO in colors! Not exactly the most streamlined process yet, but at least I’m getting somewhere. The interacting with the model is pretty slow (rotating, zooming, …) and I think that’s because the model is quite heavy.
I tried to play witth OBJ/MTL in case it would help with performance but I too am having issue with VTK interpreting the MTL file. Odd.

To be continued…