ObjectReader

[Patrice Terrier]

Version 3.00, is to remember the passing of my friend on friday 31, 2020 at 11:40
and the latest build we worked together. 

[Patrice Terrier]

The Lite version, is provided without the extra overhead of the model inspection features.

This is the prefered version for those wanting only to browse the "3D Model collection".

[Patrice Terrier]

Version Lite 3.01

- Zooming has been reworked to work directly with the internal sync timer.
- New button "Full screen" to switch to full screen mode.
- New button "Reset" to reset the size and location of the model in the view port (back to default).

[Patrice Terrier]

Full version 3.02

The new compressed .7z archive is attached to the first post of this thread.

Mouse input was unexpectedly disabled while using the transparent Help window (F1).
This feature has been restored, to "keep working while reading".

[Patrice Terrier]

Full version 3.03

The new compressed .7z archive is attached to the first post of this thread.

When saving a screen shot, the explorer dialog box was never closing after the image was saved.
This bug mainly occured with Windows 11, it has been fixed.

[Patrice Terrier]

Version 4.00 is around the corner

New in 4.00: ObjReader now creates and uses the .ORB format.

📦 What is .ORB?
The “B” stands for Binary. 
.ORB is a compiled, binary version of a Wavefront .OBJ (and its .MTL), built on the fly by ObjReader. 
Reloads are near-instant because text parsing is no longer needed.

✨ Highlights

• First-ever .ORB support — automatic compile from .OBJ/.MTL to a single binary file.
  
• Explorer integration
     
  • .ORB is associated with ObjReader — double-click filename.orb in Explorer to launch ObjReader.exe.
       
  • Embedded PNG thumbnail — Explorer shows a preview thumbnail directly from the .ORB.
       
• Fast loading — geometry, attributes, and materials are prepackaged for immediate use.
  
• Material preservation — original .MTL references are retained and restored.
  
• Robustness — safer handling for edge-case OBJ/MTL inputs.