OBJ or FBX

Unity Engine
1

Hi folks,

I am a Unity3D newbie and have a question regarding 3D objects and what format to use for importing into Unity3D. The objects in question are buildings with textures applied, which currently reside in Revit. I want to have those objects exported from Revit so that I can import them into Unity, what would be the best format and why? I believe the options would be OBJ and FBX.

Are there any good tutorials pertaining to architectural visualization utilizing Unity3D?

Thank you for your time.

Glen

2

.OBJ can not contain animations
.FBX can contain everything

If you want consistency throughout your assets go with FBX.

Edit: on 2nd thought - especially if you are only going with static objects (architectural visualization) - .OBJ would be sufficient. Less bloated. Guess it’s a matter of preference.

3

Thanks Ricks.

Being architectural models, I doubt there will be any need for animation support. Any other pros or cons of FBX ro OBJ?

4

Yes, in that case OBJ should be sufficient. For static objects there shouldn’t be any cons, that I know of.

5

It seems that FBX might be easier to bring into Unity3D with textures intact. Is that correct?