We need to convert many obj files with sub-objects (children) to Draco files. Unfortunately the current version of draco_encoder converts all sub-objects into a single mesh. This electron (nodejs) app takes an obj file with sub-objects and creates a directory of individual drc files of those sub-objects to be used in a three.js project.

you'll need to clone both draco and this repo

git clone https://github.com/brangerbriz/obj2drcs
git clone https://github.com/google/draco

then create a build folder for draco in obj2drcs

mkdir obj2drcs/draco_build

navigate in there and build it (you'll need cmake)

cd obj2drcs/draco_build
cmake ../../draco
make

navigate back up to the root and download the node dependencies

cd ../
npm install

to launch the app run

npm start

you should see a black screen with a number field and a 'Choose File' button. The number field can be set from 1 to 10, this is the compression level to set the draco_encoder to. click the 'Choose File' to choose an obj file (assumes an obj file with sub-objects) and you should see some status print to the screen:

After that the mesh should appear in the window, use the mouse wheel to zoom in/out and the mouse to rotate and inspect the mesh. Make sure that hovering over the individual sub-objects changes their color.

If all is working well you can inspect the directory created for this mesh inside the OUTPUT directory. There you should find a file-obj.drc of the full mesh (this can be ignored) as well as folders with the individual sub-objects as objs and drcs. You'll also find a js folder and index.html page. This page uses the drcs objects to create a similar mouse controlled raycasting demo as in the app. Use this as a template for how to use the generated drcs in a three.js project.

if somethings not working, you can launch the app with the dev console open to debug:

npm run dev

please submit any issues for errors that show up in the console.