# how to use vtk import obj file which contains multiple objects?
**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-use-vtk-import-obj-file-which-contains-multiple-objects/1296
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 7, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-use-vtk-import-obj-file-which-contains-multiple-objects/1296 "2019-07-07T03:29:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Wenye\_He](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Wenye_He)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-use-vtk-import-obj-file-which-contains-multiple-objects/1296/1 "2019-07-07T03:29:17Z")
I am using vtkobjreader to import obj and show them in my viewer.
One obj file may contain more than one object.
How to import the obj file and create multiple objects?
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### Author:  [@lorensen](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lorensen)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-use-vtk-import-obj-file-which-contains-multiple-objects/1296/2 "2019-07-07T22:03:03Z")
Use vtkOBJImporter to import multiple objects from a .obj file.
See [this example](https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/Cxx/IO/OBJImporter/). It also shows how to get each object.
There are many examples in the [VTKExamples Project](https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/).
Enjoy VTK,
Bill
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### Author:  [@Wenye\_He](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Wenye_He)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-use-vtk-import-obj-file-which-contains-multiple-objects/1296/3 "2019-07-07T23:03:50Z")
What about stl or ply? Do they have reader and importer? Importer for a file that contains multiple objects? @lorensen
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### Author:  [@lorensen](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lorensen)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-use-vtk-import-obj-file-which-contains-multiple-objects/1296/4 "2019-07-08T00:42:27Z")
They do not have importers.