How to open OBJ file extension?

If you come across some file extension for the first time, select a proper program to work with this file format.

OBJ file extension

The files used by us on electronic devices have various file extensions thanks to which we know what data is contained by a given file. One of the file formats used on computers is OBJ file extension. The full name of this file format is Wavefront 3D Object File. The producer of this format is Wavefront Technologies.

If you have a file with such file extension on your computer and you do not know how to start it, you are at the right website.

If you do not know what to do with OBJ file, it is worth to click on it twice. Windows System will automatically find the programs which can open a file of a given format or producer. If even the operating system is not able to help, then the proper software used to open files with OBJ file extension is not installed on the computer.

Thanks to the installation of a proper program you can not only view the content of such file, but also edit it and save it on the hard disk of your computer. Therefore, it is worth to think about downloading a free or paid application characterized with proper functionality. Below you can find a list of applications that are adequate for OBJ files on various operating systems:

File type : Wavefront 3D Object File

Developer/Producer - Wavefront Technologies

File description - Wavefront 3D Object File

Popularity - 5/5

Windows

- NewTek LightWave 3D
- Adobe Photoshop CC
- Autodesk Maya 2014
- DAZ 3D DAZ Studio 4
- IMSI TurboCAD Deluxe 20
- Blender
- MeshLab
- MAXON Cinema 4D
- Smith Micro Poser 9
- Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 with OBJ Import plugin
- Dassault Systemes SolidWorks with OBJ Import plugin
- Siemens Solid Edge with OBJ Import plugin

Mac OS

- NewTek LightWave 3D
- Adobe Photoshop CC
- Autodesk Maya 2014
- DAZ 3D DAZ Studio 4
- IMSI TurboCAD Deluxe v7
- Cheetah3D
- Blender
- MeshLab
- MAXON Cinema 4D
- Smith Micro Poser 9

Linux

- Autodesk Maya 2014
- Blender
- MeshLab
- GLC_Player

File type : Relocatable Object Code

Developer/Producer - N/A

File description - Relocatable Object Code

Popularity - 3/5

Windows

- Various programs

Mac OS

- Various programs

Useful advice

Sometimes it can be so that you have a proper program installed on your computer, but the system still cannot deal with it. It is worth to try changing the association in registry. Thanks to this, Windows will associate the file with proper application. Scanning the registry and searching for errors of such type ma solve many problems concerning improper launch of application.