topic Re: Creating OBJ with textures in ArcGIS Drone2map in ArcGIS Drone2Map Questions

Creating OBJ with textures in ArcGIS Drone2map

JEngvall — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:42:18 GMT

I've been importing different kind of model files to multipatch layers in ArcGIS Pro. The majority of them work and include the textures in ArcGIS Pro. One is .OBJ.

But when trying to use the Mesh .OBJ file created in ArcGIS Drone2Map it comes with no textures, just plain white. I know that the natural workflow would be to use the SLPK file instead but it feels like it should work since OBJ files created elsewhere does work.

Anyone got any solutions to this or can confirm that they get the same result?

Re: Creating OBJ with textures in ArcGIS Drone2map

MarkBarker1 — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:56:37 GMT

Hi @JEngvall ,

You are correct, currently there is no full texture included with the OBJ file output. We discussed it internally and have an enhancement logged for adding that texture in a future release. Unfortunately this change wont make it into this coming release (2024.2). I appreciate you bringing this up though as it helps provide some justification for getting the change in faster.

Regards,
Mark

Re: Creating OBJ with textures in ArcGIS Drone2map

dozer — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:31:08 GMT

Hi @JEngvall , in the meantime, you can work around this by modifying the texture value in the .mtl file: If you replace the value "TR 0.0" with "d 1.0" the texture should appear when importing the OBJ.

Re: Creating OBJ with textures in ArcGIS Drone2map

JEngvall — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:47:37 GMT

Hi, this worked! Thank you!

Re: Creating OBJ with textures in ArcGIS Drone2map

JEngvall — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:48:43 GMT

Hi Mark, thank you! Much appreciated.