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# tinyobjloader

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Tiny but powerful single file wavefront obj loader written in C++03. No dependency except for C++ STL. It can parse over 10M polygons with moderate memory and time.

`tinyobjloader` is good for embedding .obj loader to your (global illumination) renderer ;-)

If you are looking for C89 version, please see https://github.com/syoyo/tinyobjloader-c .

Notice!
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We have released new version v1.0.0 on 20 Aug, 2016.
Old version is available as `v0.9.x` branch https://github.com/syoyo/tinyobjloader/tree/v0.9.x

## What's new

* 19 Feb, 2020 : The repository has been moved to https://github.com/tinyobjloader/tinyobjloader !
* 18 May, 2019 : Python binding!(See `python` folder. Also see https://pypi.org/project/tinyobjloader/)
* 14 Apr, 2019 : Bump version v2.0.0 rc0. New C++ API and python bindings!(1.x API still exists for backward compatibility)
* 20 Aug, 2016 : Bump version v1.0.0. New data structure and API!

## Requirements

* C++03 compiler

### Old version

Previous old version is available in `v0.9.x` branch.

## Example

![Rungholt](images/rungholt.jpg)

tinyobjloader can successfully load 6M triangles Rungholt scene.
http://casual-effects.com/data/index.html

![](images/sanmugel.png)

* [examples/viewer/](examples/viewer) OpenGL .obj viewer
* [examples/callback_api/](examples/callback_api/) Callback API example
* [examples/voxelize/](examples/voxelize/) Voxelizer example

## Use case

TinyObjLoader is successfully used in ...

### New version(v1.0.x)

* Double precision support through `TINYOBJLOADER_USE_DOUBLE` thanks to noma
* Loading models in Vulkan Tutorial https://vulkan-tutorial.com/Loading_models
* .obj viewer with Metal https://github.com/middlefeng/NuoModelViewer/tree/master
* Vulkan Cookbook https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Vulkan-Cookbook
* cudabox: CUDA Solid Voxelizer Engine https://github.com/gaspardzoss/cudavox
* Drake: A planning, control, and analysis toolbox for nonlinear dynamical systems https://github.com/RobotLocomotion/drake
* VFPR - a Vulkan Forward Plus Renderer : https://github.com/WindyDarian/Vulkan-Forward-Plus-Renderer
* glslViewer: https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/glslViewer
* Lighthouse2: https://github.com/jbikker/lighthouse2
* rayrender(an open source R package for raytracing scenes in created in R): https://github.com/tylermorganwall/rayrender
* liblava - A modern C++ and easy-to-use framework for the Vulkan API. [MIT]: https://github.com/liblava/liblava
* rtxON - Simple Vulkan raytracing tutorials  https://github.com/iOrange/rtxON
* Your project here! (Letting us know via github issue is welcome!)

### Old version(v0.9.x)

* bullet3 https://github.com/erwincoumans/bullet3
* pbrt-v2 https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v2
* OpenGL game engine development http://swarminglogic.com/jotting/2013_10_gamedev01
* mallie https://lighttransport.github.io/mallie
* IBLBaker (Image Based Lighting Baker). http://www.derkreature.com/iblbaker/
* Stanford CS148 http://web.stanford.edu/class/cs148/assignments/assignment3.pdf
* Awesome Bump http://awesomebump.besaba.com/about/
* sdlgl3-wavefront OpenGL .obj viewer https://github.com/chrisliebert/sdlgl3-wavefront
* pbrt-v3 https://github.com/mmp/pbrt-v3
* cocos2d-x https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/
* Android Vulkan demo https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan
* voxelizer https://github.com/karimnaaji/voxelizer
* Probulator https://github.com/kayru/Probulator
* OptiX Prime baking https://github.com/nvpro-samples/optix_prime_baking
* FireRays SDK https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/FireRays_SDK
* parg, tiny C library of various graphics utilities and GL demos https://github.com/prideout/parg
* Opengl unit of ChronoEngine https://github.com/projectchrono/chrono-opengl
* Point Based Global Illumination on modern GPU https://pbgi.wordpress.com/code-source/
* Fast OBJ file importing and parsing in CUDA http://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/42515/1/2015.CVM.OBJCUDA.pdf
* Sorted Shading for Uni-Directional Pathtracing by Joshua Bainbridge https://nccastaff.bournemouth.ac.uk/jmacey/MastersProjects/MSc15/02Josh/joshua_bainbridge_thesis.pdf
* GeeXLab http://www.geeks3d.com/hacklab/20160531/geexlab-0-12-0-0-released-for-windows/


## Features

* Group(parse multiple group name)
* Vertex
  * Vertex color(as an extension: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/31997/how-can-i-get-vertex-painted-obj-files-to-import-into-blender)
* Texcoord
* Normal
* Material
  * Unknown material attributes are returned as key-value(value is string) map.
* Crease tag('t'). This is OpenSubdiv specific(not in wavefront .obj specification)
* PBR material extension for .MTL. Its proposed here: http://exocortex.com/blog/extending_wavefront_mtl_to_support_pbr
* Callback API for custom loading.
* Double precision support(for HPC application).
* Smoothing group
* Python binding : See `python` folder.
  * Precompiled binary(manylinux1-x86_64 only) is hosted at pypi https://pypi.org/project/tinyobjloader/)

### Primitives

* [x] face(`f`)
* [x] lines(`l`)
* [ ] points(`p`)
* [ ] curve
* [ ] 2D curve
* [ ] surface.
* [ ] Free form curve/surfaces


## TODO

* [ ] Fix obj_sticker example.
* [ ] More unit test codes.
* [x] Texture options

## License

TinyObjLoader is licensed under MIT license.

### Third party licenses.

* pybind11 : BSD-style license.

## Usage

### Installation

One option is to simply copy the header file into your project and to make sure that `TINYOBJLOADER_IMPLEMENTATION` is defined exactly once.

Tinyobjlaoder is also available as a [conan package](https://bintray.com/conan/conan-center/tinyobjloader%3A_/_latestVersion). Conan integrates with many build systems and lets you avoid manual dependency installation. Their [documentation](https://docs.conan.io/en/latest/getting_started.html) is a great starting point.

### Building tinyobjloader - Using vcpkg

You can download and install tinyobjloader using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) dependency manager:

    git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
    cd vcpkg
    ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
    ./vcpkg integrate install
    ./vcpkg install tinyobjloader

The tinyobjloader port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community contributors. If the version is out of date, please [create an issue or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository.

### Data format

`attrib_t` contains single and linear array of vertex data(position, normal and texcoord).

```
attrib_t::vertices => 3 floats per vertex

       v[0]        v[1]        v[2]        v[3]               v[n-1]
  +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+      +-----------+
  | x | y | z | x | y | z | x | y | z | x | y | z | .... | x | y | z |
  +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+      +-----------+

attrib_t::normals => 3 floats per vertex

       n[0]        n[1]        n[2]        n[3]               n[n-1]
  +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+      +-----------+
  | x | y | z | x | y | z | x | y | z | x | y | z | .... | x | y | z |
  +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+      +-----------+

attrib_t::texcoords => 2 floats per vertex

       t[0]        t[1]        t[2]        t[3]               t[n-1]
  +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+      +-----------+
  |  u  |  v  |  u  |  v  |  u  |  v  |  u  |  v  | .... |  u  |  v  |
  +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+      +-----------+

attrib_t::colors => 3 floats per vertex(vertex color. optional)

       c[0]        c[1]        c[2]        c[3]               c[n-1]
  +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+      +-----------+
  | x | y | z | x | y | z | x | y | z | x | y | z | .... | x | y | z |
  +-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+      +-----------+

```

Each `shape_t::mesh_t` does not contain vertex data but contains array index to `attrib_t`.
See `loader_example.cc` for more details.


```

mesh_t::indices => array of vertex indices.

  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+     +--------+
  | i0 | i1 | i2 | i3 | i4 | i5 | i6 | i7 | i8 | i9 | ... | i(n-1) |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+     +--------+

Each index has an array index to attrib_t::vertices, attrib_t::normals and attrib_t::texcoords.

mesh_t::num_face_vertices => array of the number of vertices per face(e.g. 3 = triangle, 4 = quad , 5 or more = N-gons).


  +---+---+---+        +---+
  | 3 | 4 | 3 | ...... | 3 |
  +---+---+---+        +---+
    |   |   |            |
    |   |   |            +-----------------------------------------+
    |   |   |                                                      |
    |   |   +------------------------------+                       |
    |   |                                  |                       |
    |   +------------------+               |                       |
    |                      |               |                       |
    |/                     |/              |/                      |/

 mesh_t::indices

  |    face[0]   |       face[1]     |    face[2]   |     |      face[n-1]           |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+     +--------+--------+--------+
  | i0 | i1 | i2 | i3 | i4 | i5 | i6 | i7 | i8 | i9 | ... | i(n-3) | i(n-2) | i(n-1) |
  +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+     +--------+--------+--------+

```

Note that when `triangulate` flag is true in `tinyobj::LoadObj()` argument, `num_face_vertices` are all filled with 3(triangle).

### float data type

TinyObjLoader now use `real_t` for floating point data type.
Default is `float(32bit)`.
You can enable `double(64bit)` precision by using `TINYOBJLOADER_USE_DOUBLE` define.

#### Example code

```c++
#define TINYOBJLOADER_IMPLEMENTATION // define this in only *one* .cc
#include "tiny_obj_loader.h"

std::string inputfile = "cornell_box.obj";
tinyobj::attrib_t attrib;
std::vector<tinyobj::shape_t> shapes;
std::vector<tinyobj::material_t> materials;

std::string warn;
std::string err;

bool ret = tinyobj::LoadObj(&attrib, &shapes, &materials, &warn, &err, inputfile.c_str());

if (!warn.empty()) {
  std::cout << warn << std::endl;
}

if (!err.empty()) {
  std::cerr << err << std::endl;
}

if (!ret) {
  exit(1);
}

// Loop over shapes
for (size_t s = 0; s < shapes.size(); s++) {
  // Loop over faces(polygon)
  size_t index_offset = 0;
  for (size_t f = 0; f < shapes[s].mesh.num_face_vertices.size(); f++) {
    int fv = shapes[s].mesh.num_face_vertices[f];

    // Loop over vertices in the face.
    for (size_t v = 0; v < fv; v++) {
      // access to vertex
      tinyobj::index_t idx = shapes[s].mesh.indices[index_offset + v];
      tinyobj::real_t vx = attrib.vertices[3*idx.vertex_index+0];
      tinyobj::real_t vy = attrib.vertices[3*idx.vertex_index+1];
      tinyobj::real_t vz = attrib.vertices[3*idx.vertex_index+2];
      tinyobj::real_t nx = attrib.normals[3*idx.normal_index+0];
      tinyobj::real_t ny = attrib.normals[3*idx.normal_index+1];
      tinyobj::real_t nz = attrib.normals[3*idx.normal_index+2];
      tinyobj::real_t tx = attrib.texcoords[2*idx.texcoord_index+0];
      tinyobj::real_t ty = attrib.texcoords[2*idx.texcoord_index+1];
      // Optional: vertex colors
      // tinyobj::real_t red = attrib.colors[3*idx.vertex_index+0];
      // tinyobj::real_t green = attrib.colors[3*idx.vertex_index+1];
      // tinyobj::real_t blue = attrib.colors[3*idx.vertex_index+2];
    }
    index_offset += fv;

    // per-face material
    shapes[s].mesh.material_ids[f];
  }
}

```

## Optimized loader

Optimized multi-threaded .obj loader is available at `experimental/` directory.
If you want absolute performance to load .obj data, this optimized loader will fit your purpose.
Note that the optimized loader uses C++11 thread and it does less error checks but may work most .obj data.

Here is some benchmark result. Time are measured on MacBook 12(Early 2016, Core m5 1.2GHz).

* Rungholt scene(6M triangles)
  * old version(v0.9.x): 15500 msecs.
  * baseline(v1.0.x): 6800 msecs(2.3x faster than old version)
  * optimised: 1500 msecs(10x faster than old version, 4.5x faster than baseline)

## Python binding

### CI + PyPI upload

cibuildwheels + twine upload for each git tagging event is handled in Azure Pipeline.

#### How to bump version(For developer)

* Bump version in CMakeLists.txt
* Update version in `python/setup.py`
* Commit with tag name starging with `v`(e.g. `v2.1.0`)
* `git push --tags`
  * cibuildwheels + pypi upload(through twine) will be automatically triggered in Azure Pipeline.

## Tests

Unit tests are provided in `tests` directory. See `tests/README.md` for details.