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Metadata in ZTL, ZPR, OBJ, FBX and etc?

Other than the File | Properties information I can see from Windows Explorer, are there ways to embed and/or read metadata in ZBrush and allied 3D file formats? I am particularly interested in two things:


  • embedding tags or category information in these files that I can use programmatically to create a database of file information (as I can via jpgs with C),
  • and for security and identification – or at least putting my name and information in a file…

The file specifications for OBJ include the metadata concept, but not for the kinds of user-generated data I was hoping for.

I have not found much more … any input welcome.

The ZBrush file formats (ZPR, ZTL) are proprietary formats and don’t have any provision for including metadata. The FBX file format can include metadata (Author, Version, Keywords etc.) but the ZBrush plugin doesn’t make use of it.