Do Wavefront .obj files support animation?

Question

How does one export a 3D Studio animated model to OBJ format (if possible)? What will be the resulting file like? How would I read that?

Answer 1

Although the .obj specification doesnt support animations natively, by simply augmenting it with a seperate .anm file you can get brilliant albeit boneless animations.

Have a look at:- http://public.sanguinelabs.co.uk/expose/product.php?id=wastudio

This provides a very easy to use "animation maker" as well as the open-source model library (for OpenGL).

Note: I am the developer of Wavefront Animation Studio but also use it heavily in my own projects. Feel free to email me if you have any improvements or bugs to report :)