mtl-file-parser v0.3.0

mtl-file-parser

Material Template Library File (.MTL) Parser

Installation

npm install --save mtl-file-parser

Usage

const MTLFile = require('mtl-file-parser');

const fileContents =
  'newmtl green_material\n' +
  'Ka 0 1 0\n' +
  'map_ka /path/to/ka.png';

const mtlFile = new MTLFile(fileContents);

const output = mtlFile.parse(); // see description below

Output

The extracted materials are returned in the following format:

[
  {
    name: 'green_material',
    illum: 0,
    Ka: {
      method: 'rgb',
      red: 0,
      green: 1,
      blue: 0
    },
    Kd: {
      method: 'rgb',
      red: 0,
      green: 0,
      blue: 0
    },
    Ks: {
      method: 'ks',
      red: 0,
      green: 0,
      blue: 0
    },
    map_Ka: {
      file: '/path/to/ka.png'
    },
    map_Kd: {
      file: null
    },
    map_Ks: {
      file: null
    }
  },
  {
    ...
  }
]

More to come

mtl-file-parser is actively being developed, and does not yet have full support of the MTL file specification. Your comments, feedback and bug reports are welcome and appreciated. Thank you!

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