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.. _doc_importing_3d_meshes:
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Importing 3D meshes
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Introduction
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Godot supports a flexible and powerful :ref:`3D scene importer
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<doc_importing_3d_scenes>` that allows for full scene importing. For a lot of
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artists and developers this is more than enough. However, many do not like this
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workflow as much and prefer to import individual 3D Meshes and build the scenes
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inside the Godot 3D editor themselves. (Note that for more advanced features
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such as skeletal animation, there is no option to the 3D Scene Importer).
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The 3D mesh import workflow is simple and works using the OBJ file
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format. The imported meshes result in a .msh binary file which the user
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can put into a :ref:`class_meshinstance`, which in turn can be placed
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somewhere in the edited scene.
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Importing
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Importing is done through the Import 3D Mesh menu:
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.. image:: /img/mesh_import.png
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Which opens the Mesh import window:
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.. image:: /img/mesh_dialog.png
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This dialog allows the import of one more more OBJ files into a target
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path. OBJ files are converted to .msh files. Files are imported without
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any material on them, material has to be added by the user (see the
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:ref:`doc_fixed_materials` tutorial). If the external OBJ file is changed it
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will be re-imported, while keeping the newly assigned material.
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Options
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A few options are present. Normals are needed for regular shading, while
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Tangents are needed if you plan to use normal-mapping on the material. In
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general, OBJ files describe how to be shaded very well, but an option to
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force smooth shading is available.
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Finally, there is an option to weld vertices. Given OBJ files are
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text-based, it is common to find some of these with vertices that do not
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match, which results in strange shading. The weld vertices option merges
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vertices that are too close to keep proper smooth shading.
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Usage
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-----
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Mesh resources (what this importer imports to) are used inside MeshInstance
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nodes. Simply set them to the Mesh property of them.
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.. image:: /img/3dmesh_instance.png
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And that is it.
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