OBJ File Format (.obj)

readObj = function(txt)
{
    console.log('readObj...');

let objects = [];

let materials = [];
    objects.push( { 'name':'test', 'v':[], 'vt':[], 'vn':[], 'f':[], 'usemtl':'' } );
    let data = { 'v':[], 'n':[], 'f':[], 'm':[] };

txt = txt.replaceAll('  ', ' ');
    let lines = txt.split('\n');
    console.log('num lines:', lines.length );

let curmat = -1;
  
    for (let i=0; i<lines.length; i++)
    {
        let line = lines[i];
        line = line.trim()
        if ( line.length < 2 ) continue;
        if ( line[0] == '#'  ) continue;

case 'vt': // vt 0.818181 0.000000
            {
                objects.reverse()[0].vt.push( parts[1] );
                objects.reverse()[0].vt.push( parts[2] );
            }
            break;

case 'vn': // vn 0.5499 0.7413 0.3847
            {
                objects.reverse()[0].vn.push( parts[1] );
                objects.reverse()[0].vn.push( parts[2] );
                objects.reverse()[0].vn.push( parts[3] );
            }
            break;

case 'f': // f 1/1/1 14/2/1 13/3/1
            {   
                // f v1/vt1/vn1 v2/vt2/vn2 v3/vt3/vn3 ...
                // f v1//vn1 v2//vn2 v3//vn3 ... (double slashes)

/*
If you have 4 indices, e.g.:

0 1 2 3
The division into two triangles would be one with the first 3 indices, and one with the first, third, and fourth. In this example:

0 1 2
0 2 3
Let's try some ASCII art to illustrate this:

3-------2
|      /|
|    /  |
|  /    |
|/      |
0-------1
*/
              
                let i0 = parts[1].split('/')[0]-1;
                let i1 = parts[2].split('/')[0]-1;
                let i2 = parts[3].split('/')[0]-1;
                let i3 = parts.length ==4 ? undefined : (parts[4].split('/')[0]-1);

let n0 = parts[1].split('/')[2]-1;
                let n1 = parts[2].split('/')[2]-1;
                let n2 = parts[3].split('/')[2]-1;
                let n3 = parts.length ==4 ? undefined : (parts[4].split('/')[2]-1);

if ( parts[1].includes('//') )
                {
                    n0 = parts[1].split('//')[1]-1;
                    n1 = parts[2].split('//')[1]-1;
                    n2 = parts[3].split('//')[1]-1;
                    n3 = parts.length == 4 ? undefined : (parts[4].split('//')[1]-1);
                }

if ( i3 == undefined ) // triangles
                {
                    let v = []
                    for (let g=0; g<3; g++)
                    {
                    let idx = [i0,i1,i2][g];
                    let x0 = objects.reverse()[0].v[  (3* idx)+0   ];
                    let y0 = objects.reverse()[0].v[  (3* idx)+1   ];
                    let z0 = objects.reverse()[0].v[  (3* idx)+2   ];
                    v.push( { x:x0, y:y0, z:z0 } );
                    }
                    data.v.push( v[0].x );  data.v.push( v[0].y ); data.v.push( v[0].z );
                    data.v.push( v[1].x );  data.v.push( v[1].y ); data.v.push( v[1].z );
                    data.v.push( v[2].x );  data.v.push( v[2].y ); data.v.push( v[2].z );
                    data.m.push( curmat );
                    data.m.push( curmat );
                    data.m.push( curmat );
                    data.f.push( data.f.length );
                    data.f.push( data.f.length );
                    data.f.push( data.f.length );

data.v.push( v[0].x );  data.v.push( v[0].y ); data.v.push( v[0].z );
                    data.v.push( v[2].x );  data.v.push( v[2].y ); data.v.push( v[2].z );
                    data.v.push( v[3].x );  data.v.push( v[3].y ); data.v.push( v[3].z );
                    data.m.push( curmat );
                    data.m.push( curmat );
                    data.m.push( curmat );
                    data.f.push( data.f.length );
                    data.f.push( data.f.length );
                    data.f.push( data.f.length );
                    
                    let n = [];
                    for (let g=0; g<4; g++)
                    {
                    let idx = [n0,n1,n2,n3][g];
                    let nx0 = objects.reverse()[0].vn[  (3* idx)+0   ];
                    let ny0 = objects.reverse()[0].vn[  (3* idx)+1   ];
                    let nz0 = objects.reverse()[0].vn[  (3* idx)+2   ];
                    n.push( { x:nx0, y:ny0, z:nz0 } );
                    }
                    data.n.push( n[0].x );  data.n.push( n[0].y ); data.n.push( n[0].z );
                    data.n.push( n[1].x );  data.n.push( n[1].y ); data.n.push( n[1].z );
                    data.n.push( n[2].x );  data.n.push( n[2].y ); data.n.push( n[2].z );

data.n.push( n[0].x );  data.n.push( n[0].y ); data.n.push( n[0].z );
                    data.n.push( n[2].x );  data.n.push( n[2].y ); data.n.push( n[2].z );
                    data.n.push( n[3].x );  data.n.push( n[3].y ); data.n.push( n[3].z ); 
                    
                }
            }
            break;

}// end switch(..)
      
      }catch(e){ }

}// for

console.log( 'dump:', data.m.slice(0, 20) );
  
    return [ data ];
}// readObj(..)

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