Imagine Object File

File Format
Name	Imagine Object File
Ontology	Electronic File Formats 3D and CAD/CAM Models Imagine Object File
Extension(s)	.iob, .obj, others
PRONOM	fmt/1206

Imagine Object File, a newer version of TDDD, is used for 3-D rendering data by the Impulse Imagine software for the Amiga and for x86 PCs.

See also

• Imagine Texture File
• TDDD

Identification

Files begin with 'F' 'O' 'R' 'M' ?? ?? ?? ?? 'T' 'D' 'D' 'D'.

This does not distinguish it from the original TDDD format. There does not appear to be any simple way to do that, but you could look for IFF chunk names that are used only in the Imagine format (BBOX, SPC1, PRP1, ...), and that are used only in the original format (INFO, TPAR, EXTR, ...).

Specifications

• Imagine 3.0 Object File Format
  • Another copy of the file
  • Imagine 3.0 Object File Format (HTML version)

Software

• Blender TDDD Importer Script

Sample files

• http://cd.textfiles.com/zoom2/graphics/raytracing/objects/ ...
• http://cd.textfiles.com/zoom2/graphics/raytracing/dust/objects/
• http://www.imaginefa.com/objects.shtml (archived in LZX files)
  • One of the above samples is also at CLOE.LZH → COW.OBJ
• http://aminet.net/pix/3dobj (Many of the files here use Imagine format)
• dexvert samples — poly/iffTDDD

Links

• Wikipedia: Imagine