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Open Asset Import Library (assimp)
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A library to import and export various 3d-model-formats including scene-post-processing to generate missing render data.
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APIs are provided for C and C++. There are various bindings to other languages (C#, Java, Python, Delphi, D). Assimp also runs on Android and iOS.
Additionally, assimp features various __mesh post processing tools__: normals and tangent space generation, triangulation, vertex cache locality optimization, removal of degenerate primitives and duplicate vertices, sorting by primitive type, merging of redundant materials and many more.
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### Latest Doc's ###
Please check the latest documents at [Asset-Importer-Lib-Doc](https://assimp-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
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### Get involved ###
This is the development repo containing the latest features and bugfixes. For productive use though, we recommend one of the stable releases available from [Github Assimp Releases](https://github.com/assimp/assimp/releases).
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You find a bug in the docs? Use [Doc-Repo](https://github.com/assimp/assimp-docs).
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Please check our Wiki as well: https://github.com/assimp/assimp/wiki
If you want to check our Model-Database, use the following repo: https://github.com/assimp/assimp-mdb
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#### Supported file formats ####
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You can find the complete list of supported file-formats [here](https://github.com/assimp/assimp/blob/master/doc/Fileformats.md)
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### Building ###
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Take a look into the https://github.com/assimp/assimp/blob/master/Build.md file. We are available in vcpkg, and our build system is CMake; if you used CMake before there is a good chance you know what to do.
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### Ports ###
* [Android](port/AndroidJNI/README.md)
* [Python](port/PyAssimp/README.md)
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* [.NET](https://bitbucket.org/Starnick/assimpnet/src/master/)
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* [Pascal](port/AssimpPascal/Readme.md)
* [Javascript (Alpha)](https://github.com/makc/assimp2json)
* [Unity 3d Plugin](https://ricardoreis.net/trilib-2/)
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* [JVM](https://github.com/kotlin-graphics/assimp) Full jvm port (current [status](https://github.com/kotlin-graphics/assimp/wiki/Status))
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* [HAXE-Port](https://github.com/longde123/assimp-haxe) The Assimp-HAXE-port.
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* [Rust](https://github.com/jkvargas/russimp)
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### Other tools ###
[open3mod](https://github.com/acgessler/open3mod) is a powerful 3D model viewer based on Assimp's import and export abilities.
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#### Repository structure ####
Open Asset Import Library is implemented in C++. The directory structure looks like:
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/code Source code
/contrib Third-party libraries
/doc Documentation (doxysource and pre-compiled docs)
/include Public header C and C++ header files
/scripts Scripts used to generate the loading code for some formats
/port Ports to other languages and scripts to maintain those.
/test Unit- and regression tests, test suite of models
/tools Tools (old assimp viewer, command line `assimp`)
/samples A small number of samples to illustrate possible
use cases for Assimp
The source code is organized in the following way:
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code/Common The base implementation for importers and the infrastructure
code/PostProcessing The post-processing steps
code/AssetLib/<FormatName> Implementation for import and export for the format
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### Where to get help ###
For more information, visit [our website](http://assimp.org/). Or check out the `./doc`- folder, which contains the official documentation in HTML format.
(CHMs for Windows are included in some release packages and should be located right here in the root folder).
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If the docs don't solve your problem, ask on [StackOverflow with the assimp-tag](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/assimp?sort=newest). If you think you found a bug, please open an issue on Github.
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Open Asset Import Library is a library to load various 3d file formats into a shared, in-memory format. It supports more than __40 file formats__ for import and a growing selection of file formats for export.
And we also have a Gitter-channel:Gitter [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/assimp/assimp](https://badges.gitter.im/assimp/assimp.svg)](https://gitter.im/assimp/assimp?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)<br>
### Contributing ###
Contributions to assimp are highly appreciated. The easiest way to get involved is to submit
a pull request with your changes against the main repository's `master` branch.
## Contributors
### Code Contributors
This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. [[Contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md)].
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### Financial Contributors
Become a financial contributor and help us sustain our community. [[Contribute](https://opencollective.com/assimp/contribute)]
#### Individuals
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#### Organizations
Support this project with your organization. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. [[Contribute](https://opencollective.com/assimp/contribute)]
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### License ###
Our license is based on the modified, __3-clause BSD__-License.
An _informal_ summary is: do whatever you want, but include Assimp's license text with your product -
and don't sue us if our code doesn't work. Note that, unlike LGPLed code, you may link statically to Assimp.
For the legal details, see the `LICENSE` file.
### Why this name ###
Sorry, we're germans :-), no english native speakers ...