OBJ Export for SketchUp is a Wavefront OBJ file export plug-in for Google SketchUp®. This plug-in gives SketchUp the ability to export objects in SketchUp to 3d polygon meshes in an OBJ file.
OBJ Export for SketchUp tessellates objects in a SketchUp document into a set of triangular meshes. These meshes are then exported to an OBJ file as mesh objects. The OBJ file can then be imported into a variety of CAD applications.
OBJ Export for SketchUp is very easy to use. Once installed, it automatically loads itself into SketchUp and adds a new submenu called "OBJ Export for SketchUp" to the SketchUp Plugins menu.
The 'OBJ Export for SketchUp' menu consists of the following commands:
# Export - Exports a Wavefront OBJ file
# Help - Display the OBJ Export for SketchUp help file
# Register - Register your copy of OBJ Export for SketchUp
# About - Display the OBJ Export for SketchUp About box
OBJ Export for SketchUp comes with detailed documentation for each command as well as a tutorial to get you started in the shortest possible time.
The OBJ File Format
The OBJ file format is a geometry definition file format first developed by Wavefront Technologies for its Advanced Visualizer animation package. The file format is open and has been adopted by other 3D graphics application vendors, making it a universally accepted geometry file format. The OBJ file format is a simple data format that represents 3D geometry alone - namely, the position of each vertex, the texture coordinate associated with a vertex, the normal at each vertex, and the faces that make each polygon.