Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: What text editiors open what files?

bigsplash opened this issue on Nov 20, 2006 · 15 posts


kuroyume0161 posted Mon, 20 November 2006 at 11:15 AM

Quote - Obj files cannot be opened with a text editor.  That file contains the geometry for your model.  You would need a 3D modelling program to open that.

Wrong!  Wavefront .obj files are text files.  I wouldn't recommend 'editing' the geometry in a text editor (unless you really know what you're doing it there for), but they can be opened in a  text editor for sure. :)

I wouldn't use NotePad for Poser files.  They tend to be very big (10's of MB).  NotePad chokes on these regularly. EditPad or UltraEdit are much better for text files of this size.  Also realize that compressed Poser files (crz, ppz, p2z, ...) are zlib compressed and will open as gibberish in a text editor.  You must first decompress the file to text-edit.  I use WinZip - drop the compressed file into it, drag the decompressed file out, and away you go.

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