Assimp

assimp

Asset-Importer-Lib (assimp)

Introduction

Assimp (Asset-Importer-Lib) is a library to load and process geometric scenes from various 3D data formats.

This chapter provides some examples of how 3D formats can be imported into MeVisLab. In general you always need a SoSceneLoader module. The SoSceneLoader allows to load meshes as Open Inventor points/lines/triangles/faces using the Open Asset Import Library.

You can also use the SoSceneWriter module to export your 3D scenes from MeVisLab into any of the output formats listed below.

Example 1: 3D Printing in MeVisLab

Example 1: 3D Printing in MeVisLab

     This example is also available on YouTube.

Introduction

This example uses the assimp library to load a 3D file and save the file as *.stl for 3D printing.

Steps to do

Develop your network

Add the modules SoSceneLoader, SoBackground and SoExaminerViewer to your workspace and connect them as seen below.

Open the 3D file

Select the file vtkCow.obj from MeVisLab demo data directory. Open SoExaminerViewer and inspect the scene. You will see a 3D cow.