Export OBJ

  1. Select the Solid or Sheet you want to export.

    • If nothing is selected, all displayed Solids and Sheets will be exported.
  2. Click P-Menu > Export/Save as....

  3. A save-as dialog box will appear.

    • Enter the file name.
    • Select Wavefront OBJ (*.obj) as the file type.
  4. The Export OBJ dialog box will appear.

    • Configure the options.
    OptionOverviewDetailRecommended Value
    TopologyThe shape of the polygons to be converted
    Tris (only triangular polygons)
    Quads (quadrangular and triangular polygons)
    Ngons (polygons with multiple sides, quadrangular, triangular polygons)
    DensityThis is the only value that automatically sets other values, so it's easy to achieve good results with this value alone.
    Lower the value: fewer polygons, rough shape conversion.
    Increase the value: more polygons, detailed shape conversion.
    Min widthMinimum SizeSpecify the minimum size of the polygons.
    To avoid congestion of small polygons, such as minute fillets, increase this value.
    Max widthMaximum SizeSpecify the maximum size of the polygons.
    To avoid extremely long or large polygons, decrease this value.
    To make the size of the polygons more uniform, decrease this value.
    Surface plane toleranceMaximum Allowable Deviation
    (in cm)
    Specify the accuracy of the conversion.
    Lower the value: more polygons, detailed shape conversion.
    Increase the value: fewer polygons, rough shape conversion.
    Although less intuitive than Max width, this is one of the most common ways to increase or decrease the number of polygons.
    A suitable value for low poly is 0.01, and for high poly is 0.0001.
    If you want to use a value smaller than 0.001, it may be better to decrease the Max width.
    Surface angle toleranceMaximum Allowable Angular Deviation
    (in radians)
    Specify the accuracy of the surface conversion.
    Lower the value: the Curved surface is converted faithfully, and the number of polygons increases.
    Increase the value: the Curved surface is converted roughly, and the number of polygons decreases.
    This can be thought of as the minimum number of segments, or elements, per circle or cylinder.
    A suitable value is 0.35 (for low poly) to 0.15 (for high poly).
    Curve plane toleranceMaximum Allowable Deviation of Edge
    (in cm)
    Specify the accuracy of the conversion of the Edges and Face boundaries.
    This is similar to Surface plane tolerance, but affects the conversion of Edges and Face boundaries more than the center of the Face.
    Curve angle toleranceMaximum Allowable Angular Deviation of Edge
    (in radians)
    Specify the accuracy of the conversion of the Edges of curved surfaces (boundaries of the Face).
    This is similar to Surface angle tolerance, but affects the conversion of Edges (boundaries of the Face) more than the center of the Face.
    A suitable value is 0.35 (for low poly) to 0.15 (for high poly).
    Curve max lengthMaximum Allowable Length of Curve (Edge) Segment
    Plane angleMaximum Allowable Ratio between Plane Tolerance and Max WidthUseful for obtaining more quadrangles or polygons.
  5. Click OK.

  6. The OBJ file is exported.