obj improvements

- per-material color param
- faster shape creation

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Note that since we don't clearly distinguish between a public and private interf
 - Add axis param to camera spin/rock animation
 - Fix SSAO half/quarter resolution textures for multi-scale
 - Non-covalent interactions: water bridge support
+- Add OBJ format support
 
 ## [v5.9.0] - 2026-05-03
 - Fix edge case when `PluginSpec.animations` is empty

src/apps/mesoscale-explorer/data/generic/preset.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { GraphicsMode, MesoscaleGroup, MesoscaleState, getGraphicsModeProps, get
 import { ColorNames } from '../../../../mol-util/color/names';
 import { ShapeRepresentation3D, StructureRepresentation3D } from '../../../../mol-plugin-state/transforms/representation';
 import { ParseCif, ParsePly, ReadFile } from '../../../../mol-plugin-state/transforms/data';
-import { ModelFromTrajectory, ShapeFromPly, TrajectoryFromGRO, TrajectoryFromMOL, TrajectoryFromMOL2, TrajectoryFromMmCif, TrajectoryFromPDB, TrajectoryFromSDF, TrajectoryFromXYZ } from '../../../../mol-plugin-state/transforms/model';
+import { ModelFromTrajectory, TrajectoryFromGRO, TrajectoryFromMOL, TrajectoryFromMOL2, TrajectoryFromMmCif, TrajectoryFromPDB, TrajectoryFromSDF, TrajectoryFromXYZ } from '../../../../mol-plugin-state/transforms/model';
 import { Euler } from '../../../../mol-math/linear-algebra/3d/euler';
 import { Asset } from '../../../../mol-util/assets';
 import { Clip } from '../../../../mol-util/clip';
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { getFileNameInfo } from '../../../../mol-util/file-info';
 import { NumberArray } from '../../../../mol-util/type-helpers';
 import { BaseGeometry } from '../../../../mol-geo/geometry/base';
 import { ParamDefinition as PD } from '../../../../mol-util/param-definition';
+import { ShapeFromPly } from '../../../../mol-plugin-state/transforms/shape';
 
 function getSpacefillParams(color: Color, sizeFactor: number, graphics: GraphicsMode, clipVariant: Clip.Variant) {
     const gmp = getGraphicsModeProps(graphics === 'custom' ? 'quality' : graphics);

src/mol-io/reader/_spec/obj.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
+ *
+ * @author Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@weirdbyte.de>
+ */
+
+import { parseObj } from '../obj/parser';
+
+// Simple triangle
+const objTriangle = `# simple triangle
+v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+f 1 2 3
+`;
+
+// Quad that gets fan-triangulated into 2 triangles
+const objQuad = `# quad fan-triangulated
+v -1.0 -1.0 0.0
+v  1.0 -1.0 0.0
+v  1.0  1.0 0.0
+v -1.0  1.0 0.0
+f 1 2 3 4
+`;
+
+// Vertex normals
+const objWithNormals = `# vertex normals
+v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+vn 0.0 0.0 1.0
+vn 0.0 0.0 1.0
+vn 0.0 0.0 1.0
+f 1//1 2//2 3//3
+`;
+
+// v/vt/vn format (texture coords are ignored but should not break parsing)
+const objWithTexture = `v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+vn 0.0 0.0 1.0
+f 1/1/1 2/2/1 3/3/1
+`;
+
+// Multiple materials / usemtl groups — should be silently skipped
+const objMultiMaterial = `v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+v 2.0 0.0 0.0
+v 2.5 1.0 0.0
+usemtl red
+f 1 2 3
+usemtl green
+f 2 4 5
+`;
+
+// Negative indices (relative addressing)
+const objNegativeIndices = `v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+f -3 -2 -1
+`;
+
+// Comments and blank lines should be ignored
+const objWithComments = `# header comment
+# another comment
+
+v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+# inline comment after data
+
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+
+f 1 2 3
+`;
+
+// Unsupported directives (s, mtllib, vt, vp, g, o, usemtl) should be silently skipped
+const objUnsupportedDirectives = `mtllib material.mtl
+o MyObject
+g mygroup
+s 1
+v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+vt 0.0 0.0
+vp 0.0 1.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+f 1 2 3
+`;
+
+// Cube (6 faces × 2 triangles = 12 triangles)
+const objCube = `# unit cube
+v -1 -1 -1
+v  1 -1 -1
+v  1  1 -1
+v -1  1 -1
+v -1 -1  1
+v  1 -1  1
+v  1  1  1
+v -1  1  1
+# bottom (-z)
+f 1 2 3
+f 1 3 4
+# top (+z)
+f 5 6 7
+f 5 7 8
+# front (+x)
+f 2 6 7
+f 2 7 3
+# back (-x)
+f 5 1 4
+f 5 4 8
+# left (-y)
+f 1 5 6
+f 1 6 2
+# right (+y)
+f 4 3 7
+f 4 7 8
+`;
+
+// CRLF line endings
+const objCRLF = '# crlf triangle\r\nv 0.0 0.0 0.0\r\nv 1.0 0.0 0.0\r\nv 0.5 1.0 0.0\r\nf 1 2 3\r\n';
+
+// Tabs and leading whitespace before keywords
+const objLeadingWhitespace = '\tv 0.0 0.0 0.0\n  v 1.0 0.0 0.0\n\t v 0.5 1.0 0.0\n\tf 1 2 3\n';
+
+// Degenerate face (fewer than 3 vertices) should be skipped with a warning
+const objDegenerateFace = `v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+f 1 2
+f 1 2 3
+`;
+
+// Mixed face-vertices: some reference a normal, some do not, within one mesh
+const objMixedNormals = `v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+vn 0.0 0.0 1.0
+f 1//1 2 3//1
+`;
+
+// Negative normal indices (relative addressing for normals)
+const objNegativeNormalIndices = `v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+vn 0.0 0.0 1.0
+f 1//-1 2//-1 3//-1
+`;
+
+// usemtl reuse: silently skipped like any other usemtl
+const objReusedMaterial = `v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+v 2.0 0.0 0.0
+v 2.5 1.0 0.0
+usemtl red
+f 1 2 3
+usemtl green
+f 2 4 5
+usemtl red
+f 1 3 4
+`;
+
+// combined: object + group + material on the same triangles — all directives silently skipped
+const objAllThree = `v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+v 2.0 0.0 0.0
+v 2.5 1.0 0.0
+o MyObj
+g MyGroup
+usemtl MyMtl
+f 1 2 3
+f 2 4 5
+`;
+
+// Empty file
+const objEmpty = '';
+
+// File with vertices but no faces
+const objNoFaces = `v 0.0 0.0 0.0
+v 1.0 0.0 0.0
+v 0.5 1.0 0.0
+`;
+
+describe('obj reader', () => {
+    it('parses a simple triangle', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objTriangle).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+        // First vertex
+        expect(obj.positions[0]).toBeCloseTo(0.0);
+        expect(obj.positions[1]).toBeCloseTo(0.0);
+        expect(obj.positions[2]).toBeCloseTo(0.0);
+        // Triangle indices (0-based)
+        expect(Array.from(obj.positionIndices)).toEqual([0, 1, 2]);
+    });
+
+    it('fan-triangulates a quad into two triangles', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objQuad).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(4);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(2);
+        // Fan from vertex 0: (0,1,2) and (0,2,3)
+        expect(Array.from(obj.positionIndices)).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 3]);
+    });
+
+    it('parses vertex normals with v//vn format', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objWithNormals).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.normalCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(Array.from(obj.normalIndices)).toEqual([0, 1, 2]);
+        // Normal z component of first normal
+        expect(obj.normals[2]).toBeCloseTo(1.0);
+    });
+
+    it('parses v/vt/vn format (texture coords ignored)', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objWithTexture).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.normalCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(Array.from(obj.normalIndices)).toEqual([0, 0, 0]);
+    });
+
+    it('tracks usemtl directives into materialNames and faceGroups', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objMultiMaterial).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(2);
+        expect(obj.materialNames).toEqual(['red', 'green']);
+        // triangle 0 → red (0), triangle 1 → green (1)
+        expect(Array.from(obj.faceGroups)).toEqual([0, 1]);
+    });
+
+    it('handles negative (relative) vertex indices', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objNegativeIndices).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+        // -3, -2, -1 with posCount=3 → 0, 1, 2
+        expect(Array.from(obj.positionIndices)).toEqual([0, 1, 2]);
+    });
+
+    it('ignores comments and blank lines', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objWithComments).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('silently skips unsupported directives', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objUnsupportedDirectives).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('parses a cube (12 triangles, 8 vertices)', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objCube).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(8);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(12);
+        expect(obj.positionIndices.length).toBe(36); // 12 * 3
+    });
+
+    it('returns no normals when none are defined', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objTriangle).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.normalCount).toBe(0);
+        // All normal indices should be -1
+        expect(Array.from(obj.normalIndices)).toEqual([-1, -1, -1]);
+    });
+
+    it('default arrays are present', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objTriangle).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('parses CRLF line endings', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objCRLF).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(Array.from(obj.positionIndices)).toEqual([0, 1, 2]);
+    });
+
+    it('handles tabs and leading whitespace before keywords', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objLeadingWhitespace).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(Array.from(obj.positionIndices)).toEqual([0, 1, 2]);
+    });
+
+    it('skips a degenerate face and emits a warning', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objDegenerateFace).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        // Only the valid triangle survives
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(Array.from(obj.positionIndices)).toEqual([0, 1, 2]);
+        // A warning was recorded for the degenerate face
+        expect(parsed.warnings.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(parsed.warnings.some(w => w.includes('degenerate'))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('parses faces with mixed normal/no-normal vertices', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objMixedNormals).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.normalCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+        // First and third vertices reference normal 0; the middle has none (-1)
+        expect(Array.from(obj.normalIndices)).toEqual([0, -1, 0]);
+    });
+
+    it('handles negative (relative) normal indices', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objNegativeNormalIndices).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.normalCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(1);
+        // -1 with normCount=1 → 0
+        expect(Array.from(obj.normalIndices)).toEqual([0, 0, 0]);
+    });
+
+    it('deduplicates reused usemtl material names and maps faceGroups correctly', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objReusedMaterial).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(3);
+        // "red" and "green" each appear once in materialNames
+        expect(obj.materialNames).toEqual(['red', 'green']);
+        // triangle 0 → red (0), triangle 1 → green (1), triangle 2 → red (0) again
+        expect(Array.from(obj.faceGroups)).toEqual([0, 1, 0]);
+    });
+
+    it('parses an empty file', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objEmpty).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(0);
+        expect(obj.normalCount).toBe(0);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('parses a file with vertices but no faces', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objNoFaces).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.positionCount).toBe(3);
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(0);
+        expect(obj.positionIndices.length).toBe(0);
+    });
+
+    it('silently skips g and o directives; tracks usemtl into materialNames and faceGroups', async () => {
+        const parsed = await parseObj(objAllThree).run();
+        if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+        const obj = parsed.result;
+
+        expect(obj.triangleCount).toBe(2);
+        expect(obj.materialNames).toEqual(['MyMtl']);
+        // both triangles belong to the single material
+        expect(Array.from(obj.faceGroups)).toEqual([0, 0]);
+    });
+});
+

src/mol-io/reader/obj/parser.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,319 @@
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2018 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
  *
  * @author Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@weirdbyte.de>
  */
 
 import { ReaderResult as Result } from '../result';
 import { Task, RuntimeContext } from '../../../mol-task';
-import { Mesh } from '../../../mol-geo/geometry/mesh/mesh';
+import { ChunkedArray } from '../../../mol-data/util';
+import { ObjFile } from './schema';
+import { StringLike } from '../../common/string-like';
+import { Tokenizer } from '../common/text/tokenizer';
+import { parseInt, parseFloat } from '../common/text/number-parser';
 
-async function parseInternal(data: string, ctx: RuntimeContext): Promise<Result<Mesh>> {
-    // TODO
-    const mesh: Mesh = Mesh.createEmpty();
-    // Mesh.computeNormalsImmediate(mesh)
-    return Result.success(mesh);
+// OBJ file format specification: http://www.martinreddy.net/gfx/3d/OBJ.spec
+
+interface State {
+    tokenizer: Tokenizer
+    positions: ChunkedArray<number, 3>
+    normals: ChunkedArray<number, 3>
+    positionIndices: ChunkedArray<number, 3>
+    normalIndices: ChunkedArray<number, 3>
+    faceGroups: ChunkedArray<number, 1>
+    materialNames: string[]
+    materialMap: Map<string, number>
+    currentMaterialIdx: number
+    warnings: string[]
 }
 
-export function parse(data: string) {
-    return Task.create<Result<Mesh>>('Parse OBJ', async ctx => {
+function State(data: StringLike): State {
+    return {
+        tokenizer: Tokenizer(data),
+        positions: ChunkedArray.create(Float32Array, 3, 1024),
+        normals: ChunkedArray.create(Float32Array, 3, 1024),
+        positionIndices: ChunkedArray.create(Int32Array, 3, 1024),
+        normalIndices: ChunkedArray.create(Int32Array, 3, 1024),
+        faceGroups: ChunkedArray.create(Int32Array, 1, 1024),
+        materialNames: [],
+        materialMap: new Map(),
+        currentMaterialIdx: 0,
+        warnings: []
+    };
+}
+
+// Character codes used for keyword identification without materializing strings
+const CC_v = 118; // 'v'
+const CC_n = 110; // 'n'
+const CC_f = 102; // 'f'
+const CC_u = 117; // 'u'
+const CC_s = 115; // 's'
+const CC_e = 101; // 'e'
+const CC_m = 109; // 'm'
+const CC_t = 116; // 't'
+const CC_l = 108; // 'l'
+const CC_HASH = 35; // '#'
+const CC_NEWLINE = 10; // '\n'
+const CC_CR = 13; // '\r'
+const CC_SPACE = 32; // ' '
+const CC_TAB = 9; // '\t'
+const CC_SLASH = 47; // '/'
+
+/** Skip to the end of the current line without returning it. */
+function skipLine(tokenizer: Tokenizer): void {
+    const { data } = tokenizer;
+    while (tokenizer.position < tokenizer.length) {
+        const c = data.charCodeAt(tokenizer.position);
+        if (c === CC_NEWLINE) { ++tokenizer.position; ++tokenizer.lineNumber; return; }
+        if (c === CC_CR) {
+            ++tokenizer.position;
+            ++tokenizer.lineNumber;
+            if (tokenizer.position < tokenizer.length && data.charCodeAt(tokenizer.position) === CC_NEWLINE) ++tokenizer.position;
+            return;
+        }
+        ++tokenizer.position;
+    }
+}
+
+/** Skip inline whitespace (space/tab only — does not cross newlines). */
+function skipInlineWS(tokenizer: Tokenizer): void {
+    const { data } = tokenizer;
+    while (tokenizer.position < tokenizer.length) {
+        const c = data.charCodeAt(tokenizer.position);
+        if (c !== CC_SPACE && c !== CC_TAB) return;
+        ++tokenizer.position;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read one whitespace-delimited token on the current line.
+ * Returns false when end-of-line / end-of-file is reached before any character.
+ * Leaves tokenizer.tokenStart/tokenEnd set to the token boundaries.
+ */
+function readInlineToken(tokenizer: Tokenizer): boolean {
+    skipInlineWS(tokenizer);
+    const { data } = tokenizer;
+    if (tokenizer.position >= tokenizer.length) return false;
+    const c = data.charCodeAt(tokenizer.position);
+    if (c === CC_NEWLINE || c === CC_CR || c === CC_HASH) return false;
+    tokenizer.tokenStart = tokenizer.position;
+    while (tokenizer.position < tokenizer.length) {
+        const ch = data.charCodeAt(tokenizer.position);
+        if (ch === CC_SPACE || ch === CC_TAB || ch === CC_NEWLINE || ch === CC_CR || ch === CC_HASH) break;
+        ++tokenizer.position;
+    }
+    tokenizer.tokenEnd = tokenizer.position;
+    return tokenizer.tokenEnd > tokenizer.tokenStart;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read up to `maxCount` face-vertex tokens from the current line into `facePos` / `faceNorm`.
+ * Returns the number of tokens read.
+ * Face vertex format: posIdx[/[texIdx][/normIdx]]  (all 1-based, may be negative).
+ */
+function readFaceTokens(
+    tokenizer: Tokenizer,
+    facePos: Int32Array, faceNorm: Int32Array,
+    maxCount: number,
+    posCount: number, normCount: number
+): number {
+    const { data } = tokenizer;
+    let count = 0;
+    while (count < maxCount && readInlineToken(tokenizer)) {
+        const start = tokenizer.tokenStart;
+        const end = tokenizer.tokenEnd;
+
+        // Find first slash within [start, end)
+        let slash1 = -1;
+        for (let i = start; i < end; ++i) {
+            if (data.charCodeAt(i) === CC_SLASH) { slash1 = i; break; }
+        }
+
+        let posIdx: number;
+        let normIdx = -1;
+
+        if (slash1 === -1) {
+            // "v"
+            const p = parseInt(data, start, end);
+            posIdx = p < 0 ? posCount + p : p - 1;
+        } else {
+            const p = parseInt(data, start, slash1);
+            posIdx = p < 0 ? posCount + p : p - 1;
+
+            // Find second slash
+            let slash2 = -1;
+            for (let i = slash1 + 1; i < end; ++i) {
+                if (data.charCodeAt(i) === CC_SLASH) { slash2 = i; break; }
+            }
+
+            if (slash2 !== -1 && slash2 + 1 < end) {
+                // "v/vt/vn" or "v//vn"
+                const n = parseInt(data, slash2 + 1, end);
+                normIdx = n < 0 ? normCount + n : n - 1;
+            }
+            // else "v/vt" — no normal
+        }
+
+        facePos[count] = posIdx;
+        faceNorm[count] = normIdx;
+        ++count;
+    }
+    return count;
+}
+
+// Reusable scratch buffers for face vertex data (polygons up to MAX_FACE_VERTICES vertices)
+const MAX_FACE_VERTICES = 256;
+const _facePos = new Int32Array(MAX_FACE_VERTICES);
+const _faceNorm = new Int32Array(MAX_FACE_VERTICES);
+
+function handleUseMtl(state: State): void {
+    const { tokenizer } = state;
+    if (readInlineToken(tokenizer)) {
+        const name = tokenizer.data.substring(tokenizer.tokenStart, tokenizer.tokenEnd);
+        if (!state.materialMap.has(name)) {
+            const idx = state.materialNames.length;
+            state.materialMap.set(name, idx);
+            state.materialNames.push(name);
+        }
+        state.currentMaterialIdx = state.materialMap.get(name)!;
+    }
+    skipLine(tokenizer);
+}
+
+function handleVertex(state: State): void {
+    const { tokenizer } = state;
+    let x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;
+    if (readInlineToken(tokenizer)) x = parseFloat(tokenizer.data, tokenizer.tokenStart, tokenizer.tokenEnd);
+    if (readInlineToken(tokenizer)) y = parseFloat(tokenizer.data, tokenizer.tokenStart, tokenizer.tokenEnd);
+    if (readInlineToken(tokenizer)) z = parseFloat(tokenizer.data, tokenizer.tokenStart, tokenizer.tokenEnd);
+    ChunkedArray.add3(state.positions, x, y, z);
+    skipLine(tokenizer);
+}
+
+function handleNormal(state: State): void {
+    const { tokenizer } = state;
+    let x = 0, y = 0, z = 0;
+    if (readInlineToken(tokenizer)) x = parseFloat(tokenizer.data, tokenizer.tokenStart, tokenizer.tokenEnd);
+    if (readInlineToken(tokenizer)) y = parseFloat(tokenizer.data, tokenizer.tokenStart, tokenizer.tokenEnd);
+    if (readInlineToken(tokenizer)) z = parseFloat(tokenizer.data, tokenizer.tokenStart, tokenizer.tokenEnd);
+    ChunkedArray.add3(state.normals, x, y, z);
+    skipLine(tokenizer);
+}
+
+function handleFace(state: State): void {
+    const { tokenizer } = state;
+    const posCount = state.positions.elementCount;
+    const normCount = state.normals.elementCount;
+
+    const n = readFaceTokens(tokenizer, _facePos, _faceNorm, MAX_FACE_VERTICES, posCount, normCount);
+    if (n < 3) {
+        state.warnings.push(`Line ${tokenizer.lineNumber}: degenerate face with ${n} vertices, skipped`);
+        skipLine(tokenizer);
+        return;
+    }
+    // Warn if the polygon exceeded the scratch buffer capacity and was truncated.
+    if (n === MAX_FACE_VERTICES && readInlineToken(tokenizer)) {
+        state.warnings.push(`Line ${tokenizer.lineNumber}: face with more than ${MAX_FACE_VERTICES} vertices truncated`);
+    }
+
+    // Fan-triangulate: (0,1,2), (0,2,3), ...
+    const p0 = _facePos[0], n0 = _faceNorm[0];
+    const group = state.currentMaterialIdx;
+    for (let i = 1; i < n - 1; ++i) {
+        ChunkedArray.add3(state.positionIndices, p0, _facePos[i], _facePos[i + 1]);
+        ChunkedArray.add3(state.normalIndices, n0, _faceNorm[i], _faceNorm[i + 1]);
+        ChunkedArray.add(state.faceGroups, group);
+    }
+    skipLine(tokenizer);
+}
+
+async function parseInternal(data: StringLike, ctx: RuntimeContext): Promise<Result<ObjFile>> {
+    const state = State(data);
+    const { tokenizer } = state;
+    const updateChunk = 100000;
+
+    while (tokenizer.position < tokenizer.length) {
+        // Skip full-line whitespace and newlines between lines
+        const c0 = tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(tokenizer.position);
+        if (c0 === CC_NEWLINE) { ++tokenizer.position; ++tokenizer.lineNumber; continue; }
+        if (c0 === CC_CR) {
+            ++tokenizer.position; ++tokenizer.lineNumber;
+            if (tokenizer.position < tokenizer.length && tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(tokenizer.position) === CC_NEWLINE) ++tokenizer.position;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (c0 === CC_SPACE || c0 === CC_TAB) { skipInlineWS(tokenizer); continue; }
+        if (c0 === CC_HASH) { skipLine(tokenizer); continue; }
+
+        // Identify keyword by inspecting character codes — no string allocation
+        const c1 = tokenizer.position + 1 < tokenizer.length ? tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(tokenizer.position + 1) : -1;
+
+        if (c0 === CC_f && (c1 === CC_SPACE || c1 === CC_TAB)) {
+            // "f " — face
+            tokenizer.position += 2;
+            handleFace(state);
+        } else if (c0 === CC_u) {
+            // Check for "usemtl "
+            const p = tokenizer.position;
+            if (
+                p + 6 < tokenizer.length &&
+                tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(p + 1) === CC_s &&
+                tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(p + 2) === CC_e &&
+                tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(p + 3) === CC_m &&
+                tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(p + 4) === CC_t &&
+                tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(p + 5) === CC_l &&
+                (tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(p + 6) === CC_SPACE || tokenizer.data.charCodeAt(p + 6) === CC_TAB)
+            ) {
+                tokenizer.position += 7;
+                handleUseMtl(state);
+            } else {
+                skipLine(tokenizer);
+            }
+        } else if (c0 === CC_v) {
+            if (c1 === CC_SPACE || c1 === CC_TAB) {
+                // "v " — vertex position
+                tokenizer.position += 2;
+                handleVertex(state);
+            } else if (c1 === CC_n) {
+                // "vn" — vertex normal
+                tokenizer.position += 2;
+                handleNormal(state);
+            } else {
+                // "vt", "vp", etc — skip
+                skipLine(tokenizer);
+            }
+        } else {
+            // "g", "o", "s", "usemtl", "mtllib", etc. — skip entire line
+            skipLine(tokenizer);
+        }
+
+        if (ctx.shouldUpdate && tokenizer.lineNumber % updateChunk === 0) {
+            await ctx.update({ message: 'Parsing OBJ', current: tokenizer.position, max: tokenizer.length });
+        }
+    }
+
+    const posArr = ChunkedArray.compact(state.positions) as Float32Array;
+    const normArr = ChunkedArray.compact(state.normals) as Float32Array;
+    const posIdxArr = ChunkedArray.compact(state.positionIndices) as Int32Array;
+    const normIdxArr = ChunkedArray.compact(state.normalIndices) as Int32Array;
+    const faceGroupsArr = ChunkedArray.compact(state.faceGroups) as Int32Array;
+
+    const result: ObjFile = {
+        positions: posArr,
+        normals: normArr,
+        positionIndices: posIdxArr,
+        normalIndices: normIdxArr,
+        positionCount: state.positions.elementCount,
+        normalCount: state.normals.elementCount,
+        triangleCount: posIdxArr.length / 3,
+        materialNames: state.materialNames,
+        faceGroups: faceGroupsArr
+    };
+
+    return Result.success(result, state.warnings);
+}
+
+export function parseObj(data: StringLike) {
+    return Task.create<Result<ObjFile>>('Parse OBJ', async ctx => {
         return await parseInternal(data, ctx);
     });
 }

src/mol-io/reader/obj/schema.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
+ *
+ * @author Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@weirdbyte.de>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Intermediate representation of a parsed OBJ file.
+ *
+ * Positions and normals are stored as raw arrays from the file.
+ * Faces have been triangulated (fan-triangulation) and are stored as
+ * separate flat arrays of per-triangle-vertex position and normal indices.
+ * Normal indices of -1 indicate that the vertex has no explicit normal.
+ */
+export interface ObjFile {
+    /** Raw position data from `v` lines, interleaved [x0,y0,z0, x1,y1,z1, ...] */
+    readonly positions: Float32Array
+    /** Raw normal data from `vn` lines, interleaved [nx0,ny0,nz0, ...]. Length 0 if no normals. */
+    readonly normals: Float32Array
+
+    /**
+     * Per-face-vertex position index (0-based), length = triangleCount * 3.
+     * Three consecutive values define one triangle: [p0, p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, ...]
+     */
+    readonly positionIndices: Int32Array
+
+    /**
+     * Per-face-vertex normal index (0-based), length = triangleCount * 3.
+     * -1 means no explicit normal for that face-vertex.
+     */
+    readonly normalIndices: Int32Array
+
+    readonly positionCount: number
+    readonly normalCount: number
+    readonly triangleCount: number
+
+    /**
+     * Unique material names encountered via `usemtl` directives, in encounter order.
+     * Empty when no `usemtl` directives are present.
+     */
+    readonly materialNames: readonly string[]
+
+    /**
+     * Per-triangle material index (0-based, indexes into materialNames), length = triangleCount.
+     * 0 for faces before the first `usemtl` or when no materials are defined.
+     */
+    readonly faceGroups: Int32Array
+}

src/mol-model-formats/shape/obj.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
+ *
+ * @author Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@weirdbyte.de>
+ */
+
+import { RuntimeContext, Task } from '../../mol-task';
+import { ShapeProvider } from '../../mol-model/shape/provider';
+import { Color } from '../../mol-util/color';
+import { ObjFile } from '../../mol-io/reader/obj/schema';
+import { MeshBuilder } from '../../mol-geo/geometry/mesh/mesh-builder';
+import { Mesh } from '../../mol-geo/geometry/mesh/mesh';
+import { Shape } from '../../mol-model/shape';
+import { ChunkedArray } from '../../mol-data/util';
+import { ParamDefinition as PD } from '../../mol-util/param-definition';
+import { ColorNames } from '../../mol-util/color/names';
+import { Mat4 } from '../../mol-math/linear-algebra/3d/mat4';
+import { distinctColors } from '../../mol-util/color/distinct';
+
+export type ObjData = {
+    source: ObjFile,
+    transforms?: Mat4[],
+}
+
+function createObjShapeParams(objFile?: ObjFile) {
+    const materialNames = objFile?.materialNames ?? [];
+    const hasMaterials = materialNames.length > 0;
+
+    const defaultColors = materialNames.length > 1
+        ? distinctColors(materialNames.length)
+        : materialNames.length === 1 ? [ColorNames.grey] : [];
+
+    const materialColorParams: Record<string, PD.Color> = {};
+    for (let i = 0; i < materialNames.length; ++i) {
+        materialColorParams[materialNames[i]] = PD.Color(defaultColors[i]);
+    }
+
+    return {
+        ...Mesh.Params,
+        coloring: PD.MappedStatic(hasMaterials ? 'material' : 'uniform', {
+            uniform: PD.Group({
+                color: PD.Color(ColorNames.grey),
+            }, { isFlat: true }),
+            material: PD.Group(materialColorParams, { isFlat: false }),
+        }),
+    };
+}
+
+export const ObjShapeParams = createObjShapeParams();
+export type ObjShapeParams = typeof ObjShapeParams
+
+/**
+ * Resolve one Color per material group from the current params.
+ * The returned array has length = max(1, materialNames.length).
+ */
+function getMaterialColors(materialNames: readonly string[], props: PD.Values<ObjShapeParams>): Color[] {
+    const count = Math.max(1, materialNames.length);
+    const { coloring } = props;
+    if (coloring.name === 'uniform') {
+        return Array<Color>(count).fill(coloring.params.color);
+    } else {
+        // material: read one color per material name from dynamic params
+        if (materialNames.length === 0) return [ColorNames.grey];
+        const params = coloring.params as Record<string, Color>;
+        return materialNames.map(name => params[name] ?? ColorNames.grey);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a mesh from indexed OBJ data.
+ *
+ * OBJ stores positions and normals as indexed arrays (each face-vertex
+ * references a position index and an optional normal index). Mesh.create
+ * requires a flat vertex array, so we expand the indexed data.
+ *
+ * A vertex key encodes (posIdx, normIdx) so that a shared position with
+ * different normals gets a distinct mesh vertex.
+ */
+async function getMesh(ctx: RuntimeContext, obj: ObjFile, mesh?: Mesh): Promise<Mesh> {
+    const { positions, normals, positionIndices, normalIndices, triangleCount, faceGroups } = obj;
+    const hasNormals = obj.normalCount > 0;
+
+    const builderState = MeshBuilder.createState(triangleCount * 3, triangleCount, mesh);
+    const { vertices, normals: normBuf, indices, groups } = builderState;
+
+    const updateChunk = 50000;
+
+    for (let t = 0; t < triangleCount; ++t) {
+        const triOffset = t * 3;
+        const base = t * 3;
+
+        for (let v = 0; v < 3; ++v) {
+            const pi = positionIndices[triOffset + v];
+            const po = pi * 3;
+            ChunkedArray.add3(vertices, positions[po], positions[po + 1], positions[po + 2]);
+
+            const ni = hasNormals ? normalIndices[triOffset + v] : -1;
+            if (hasNormals && ni >= 0) {
+                const no = ni * 3;
+                ChunkedArray.add3(normBuf, normals[no], normals[no + 1], normals[no + 2]);
+            } else {
+                ChunkedArray.add3(normBuf, 0, 0, 0);
+            }
+
+            ChunkedArray.add(groups, faceGroups[t]);
+        }
+
+        ChunkedArray.add3(indices, base, base + 1, base + 2);
+
+        if (t % updateChunk === 0 && ctx.shouldUpdate) {
+            await ctx.update({ message: 'Building OBJ mesh', current: t, max: triangleCount });
+        }
+    }
+
+    const m = MeshBuilder.getMesh(builderState);
+    if (!hasNormals) Mesh.computeNormals(m);
+
+    return m;
+}
+
+function createShape(objData: ObjData, mesh: Mesh, colors: Color[]) {
+    const { source, transforms } = objData;
+    const { materialNames } = source;
+    return Shape.create(
+        'obj-mesh', source, mesh,
+        (groupId: number) => colors[Math.min(groupId, colors.length - 1)],
+        () => 1,
+        (groupId: number) => materialNames.length > 0 ? (materialNames[groupId] ?? 'OBJ Mesh') : 'OBJ Mesh',
+        transforms,
+        colors.length
+    );
+}
+
+function makeShapeGetter() {
+    let _objData: ObjData | undefined;
+    let _colors: Color[] | undefined;
+
+    let _shape: Shape<Mesh>;
+    let _mesh: Mesh;
+
+    const getShape = async (ctx: RuntimeContext, objData: ObjData, props: PD.Values<ObjShapeParams>, shape?: Shape<Mesh>) => {
+        const newMesh = !_objData || _objData !== objData;
+
+        const nextColors = getMaterialColors(objData.source.materialNames, props);
+        const newColor = !_colors
+            || nextColors.length !== _colors.length
+            || nextColors.some((c, i) => c !== _colors![i]);
+
+        if (newMesh) {
+            _colors = nextColors;
+            _mesh = await getMesh(ctx, objData.source, shape && shape.geometry);
+            _shape = createShape(objData, _mesh, _colors);
+        } else if (newColor) {
+            _colors = nextColors;
+            _shape = createShape(objData, _mesh, _colors);
+        }
+
+        _objData = objData;
+
+        return _shape;
+    };
+    return getShape;
+}
+
+export function shapeFromObj(source: ObjFile, params?: { transforms?: Mat4[] }) {
+    return Task.create<ShapeProvider<ObjData, Mesh, ObjShapeParams>>('Shape Provider', async _ctx => {
+        return {
+            label: 'Mesh',
+            data: { source, transforms: params?.transforms },
+            params: createObjShapeParams(source),
+            getShape: makeShapeGetter(),
+            geometryUtils: Mesh.Utils,
+        };
+    });
+}
+

src/mol-plugin-state/formats/shape.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2020 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2026 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
  *
  * @author David Sehnal <david.sehnal@gmail.com>
  * @author Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@weirdbyte.de>
@@ -23,7 +23,31 @@ export const PlyProvider = DataFormatProvider({
             .to(data)
             .apply(StateTransforms.Data.ParsePly, {}, { state: { isGhost: true } });
 
-        const shape = format.apply(StateTransforms.Model.ShapeFromPly);
+        const shape = format.apply(StateTransforms.Shape.ShapeFromPly);
+
+        await format.commit();
+
+        return { format: format.selector, shape: shape.selector };
+    },
+    visuals(plugin: PluginContext, data: { shape: StateObjectRef<PluginStateObject.Shape.Provider> }) {
+        const repr = plugin.state.data.build()
+            .to(data.shape)
+            .apply(StateTransforms.Representation.ShapeRepresentation3D);
+        return repr.commit();
+    }
+});
+
+export const ObjProvider = DataFormatProvider({
+    label: 'OBJ',
+    description: 'OBJ',
+    category: ShapeFormatCategory,
+    stringExtensions: ['obj'],
+    parse: async (plugin, data) => {
+        const format = plugin.state.data.build()
+            .to(data)
+            .apply(StateTransforms.Data.ParseObj, {}, { state: { isGhost: true } });
+
+        const shape = format.apply(StateTransforms.Shape.ShapeFromObj);
 
         await format.commit();
 
@@ -39,6 +63,7 @@ export const PlyProvider = DataFormatProvider({
 
 export const BuiltInShapeFormats = [
     ['ply', PlyProvider] as const,
+    ['obj', ObjProvider] as const,
 ] as const;
 
 export type BuildInShapeFormat = (typeof BuiltInShapeFormats)[number][0]

src/mol-plugin-state/objects.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2025 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2026 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
  *
  * @author David Sehnal <david.sehnal@gmail.com>
  * @author Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@weirdbyte.de>
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { CifFile } from '../mol-io/reader/cif';
 import { DcdFile } from '../mol-io/reader/dcd/parser';
 import { Dsn6File } from '../mol-io/reader/dsn6/schema';
 import { PlyFile } from '../mol-io/reader/ply/schema';
+import { ObjFile } from '../mol-io/reader/obj/schema';
 import { PsfFile } from '../mol-io/reader/psf/parser';
 import { ShapeProvider } from '../mol-model/shape/provider';
 import { Coordinates as _Coordinates, Model as _Model, Structure as _Structure, Trajectory as _Trajectory, StructureElement, Topology as _Topology } from '../mol-model/structure';
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export namespace PluginStateObject {
         export class Prmtop extends Create<PrmtopFile>({ name: 'PRMTOP File', typeClass: 'Data' }) { }
         export class Top extends Create<TopFile>({ name: 'TOP File', typeClass: 'Data' }) { }
         export class Ply extends Create<PlyFile>({ name: 'PLY File', typeClass: 'Data' }) { }
+        export class Obj extends Create<ObjFile>({ name: 'OBJ File', typeClass: 'Data' }) { }
         export class Ccp4 extends Create<Ccp4File>({ name: 'CCP4/MRC/MAP File', typeClass: 'Data' }) { }
         export class Dsn6 extends Create<Dsn6File>({ name: 'DSN6/BRIX File', typeClass: 'Data' }) { }
         export class Dx extends Create<DxFile>({ name: 'DX File', typeClass: 'Data' }) { }

src/mol-plugin-state/transforms/data.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2024 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2026 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
  *
  * @author David Sehnal <david.sehnal@gmail.com>
  * @author Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@weirdbyte.de>
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import * as CCP4 from '../../mol-io/reader/ccp4/parser';
 import { CIF } from '../../mol-io/reader/cif';
 import * as DSN6 from '../../mol-io/reader/dsn6/parser';
 import * as PLY from '../../mol-io/reader/ply/parser';
+import * as OBJ from '../../mol-io/reader/obj/parser';
 import { parsePsf } from '../../mol-io/reader/psf/parser';
 import { PluginContext } from '../../mol-plugin/context';
 import { StateObject, StateTransformer } from '../../mol-state';
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export { ParsePsf };
 export { ParsePrmtop };
 export { ParseTop };
 export { ParsePly };
+export { ParseObj };
 export { ParseCcp4 };
 export { ParseDsn6 };
 export { ParseDx };
@@ -403,6 +405,22 @@ const ParsePly = PluginStateTransform.BuiltIn({
     }
 });
 
+type ParseObj = typeof ParseObj
+const ParseObj = PluginStateTransform.BuiltIn({
+    name: 'parse-obj',
+    display: { name: 'Parse OBJ', description: 'Parse OBJ from String data' },
+    from: [SO.Data.String],
+    to: SO.Format.Obj
+})({
+    apply({ a }) {
+        return Task.create('Parse OBJ', async ctx => {
+            const parsed = await OBJ.parseObj(a.data).runInContext(ctx);
+            if (parsed.isError) throw new Error(parsed.message);
+            return new SO.Format.Obj(parsed.result, { label: 'OBJ Data' });
+        });
+    }
+});
+
 type ParseCcp4 = typeof ParseCcp4
 const ParseCcp4 = PluginStateTransform.BuiltIn({
     name: 'parse-ccp4',

src/mol-plugin-state/transforms/model.ts

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 import { parseDcd } from '../../mol-io/reader/dcd/parser';
 import { parseGRO } from '../../mol-io/reader/gro/parser';
 import { parsePDB } from '../../mol-io/reader/pdb/parser';
-import { Mat4, Vec3 } from '../../mol-math/linear-algebra';
-import { shapeFromPly } from '../../mol-model-formats/shape/ply';
+import { Vec3 } from '../../mol-math/linear-algebra';
 import { coordinatesFromDcd } from '../../mol-model-formats/structure/dcd';
 import { trajectoryFromGRO } from '../../mol-model-formats/structure/gro';
 import { trajectoryFromCCD, trajectoryFromMmCIF } from '../../mol-model-formats/structure/mmcif';
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ export { StructureComplexElement };
 export { StructureComponent };
 export { CustomModelProperties };
 export { CustomStructureProperties };
-export { ShapeFromPly };
 
 type CoordinatesFromDcd = typeof CoordinatesFromDcd
 const CoordinatesFromDcd = PluginStateTransform.BuiltIn({
@@ -1295,25 +1293,3 @@ async function attachStructureProps(structure: Structure, ctx: PluginContext, ta
         }
     }
 }
-
-type ShapeFromPly = typeof ShapeFromPly
-const ShapeFromPly = PluginStateTransform.BuiltIn({
-    name: 'shape-from-ply',
-    display: { name: 'Shape from PLY', description: 'Create Shape from PLY data' },
-    from: SO.Format.Ply,
-    to: SO.Shape.Provider,
-    params(a) {
-        return {
-            transforms: PD.Optional(PD.Value([Mat4.identity()], { isHidden: true })),
-            label: PD.Optional(PD.Text('', { isHidden: true }))
-        };
-    }
-})({
-    apply({ a, params }) {
-        return Task.create('Create shape from PLY', async ctx => {
-            const shape = await shapeFromPly(a.data, params).runInContext(ctx);
-            const props = { label: params.label || 'Shape' };
-            return new SO.Shape.Provider(shape, props);
-        });
-    }
-});

src/mol-plugin-state/transforms/shape.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /**
- * Copyright (c) 2021 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2026 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
  *
  * @author David Sehnal <david.sehnal@gmail.com>
+ * @author Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@weirdbyte.de>
  */
 
 import { Mesh } from '../../mol-geo/geometry/mesh/mesh';
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ import { MeshBuilder } from '../../mol-geo/geometry/mesh/mesh-builder';
 import { BoxCage } from '../../mol-geo/primitive/box';
 import { Box3D, Sphere3D } from '../../mol-math/geometry';
 import { Mat4, Vec3 } from '../../mol-math/linear-algebra';
+import { shapeFromObj } from '../../mol-model-formats/shape/obj';
+import { shapeFromPly } from '../../mol-model-formats/shape/ply';
 import { Shape } from '../../mol-model/shape';
 import { Task } from '../../mol-task';
 import { ColorNames } from '../../mol-util/color/names';
@@ -67,3 +70,49 @@ export function getBoxMesh(box: Box3D, radius: number, oldMesh?: Mesh) {
 
     return mesh;
 }
+
+export { ShapeFromPly };
+type ShapeFromPly = typeof ShapeFromPly
+const ShapeFromPly = PluginStateTransform.BuiltIn({
+    name: 'shape-from-ply',
+    display: { name: 'Shape from PLY', description: 'Create Shape from PLY data' },
+    from: SO.Format.Ply,
+    to: SO.Shape.Provider,
+    params(a) {
+        return {
+            transforms: PD.Optional(PD.Value([Mat4.identity()], { isHidden: true })),
+            label: PD.Optional(PD.Text('', { isHidden: true }))
+        };
+    }
+})({
+    apply({ a, params }) {
+        return Task.create('Create shape from PLY', async ctx => {
+            const shape = await shapeFromPly(a.data, params).runInContext(ctx);
+            const props = { label: params.label || 'Shape' };
+            return new SO.Shape.Provider(shape, props);
+        });
+    }
+});
+
+export { ShapeFromObj };
+type ShapeFromObj = typeof ShapeFromObj
+const ShapeFromObj = PluginStateTransform.BuiltIn({
+    name: 'shape-from-obj',
+    display: { name: 'Shape from OBJ', description: 'Create Shape from OBJ data' },
+    from: SO.Format.Obj,
+    to: SO.Shape.Provider,
+    params(a) {
+        return {
+            transforms: PD.Optional(PD.Value([Mat4.identity()], { isHidden: true })),
+            label: PD.Optional(PD.Text('', { isHidden: true }))
+        };
+    }
+})({
+    apply({ a, params }) {
+        return Task.create('Create shape from OBJ', async ctx => {
+            const shape = await shapeFromObj(a.data, params).runInContext(ctx);
+            const props = { label: params.label || 'Shape' };
+            return new SO.Shape.Provider(shape, props);
+        });
+    }
+});