Is anyone else having issues importing obj file sin Blender since 2.77? I just tried to import a file that I’ve been able to import in all previous versions of Blender but get a whole bunch of python errors in 2.77. From what I gather Blender is having issues with the image placeholder module that places temp images when it can’t find the absolute path of the textures in the material associated with the obj file. I tested with version 2.75 which i had installed before I updated to 2.77 and it works perfectly.
I’m on a Mac running OS X El Capitan. Not sure if this is a bug or user error. I know they made some changes to obj import with 2.77 according to the feature list.
I’ve tried several things like unchecking all the options in the import including the most obvious one Image Search but nothing seems to work.
It could be due to the Python upgrade to version 3.5.
If you really want to make sure the devs. know about your issue, report it to the bug tracker on this page and give the required information and reproduction steps. I would not worry about waiting for others to confirm first, it would be better to simply report it now so if there’s any problem, it is fixed as fast as possible.
We’re looking to release 2.77a soon.
Please report a bug or any fixes here risk not being included because we dont have a detailed report and sample file.
I edited the the mtl file associated with the obj and was finally able to import the file. I had to remove the absolute paths to the materials manually with a text editor and just put the name of the textures. That seems to have fixed it but this wasn’t an issue with previous version of Blender.