Can't open a .obj file

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I downloaded a zip file online which contains codes for Abaqus. The UMAT code, named CMSG.obj . When I open it, this is what it says

There is no application installed for “TGIF document” files. Do you want to search for an application to open this file?

After clicking yes, it searches and says

TGIF document not supported.

My question is: What is a TGIF document and how is it rellated to .obj files. Also is there any software I can use to open this file. My guess is that it contains a 3D images.

1 Answer

Tgif is a graphics program used for graphics, perhaps its incorporated into abaqus.

Also source:

TGIF is a versatile but simple drawing program. As compared to Adobe Photoshop or PowerPoint, TGIF focuses on letting you do simple things quickly and easily, rather than making everything a sophisticated and complex process. After using TGIF routinely for many years, I have found that probably 95% of the time, the more elaborate programs were really overkill for the job I wanted to do.

The progress of the export will be shown in the Message window. The name of the output file will consist of the base name of the current file (ie. minus the .obj extension) with an extension indicating the format. For example, if the TGIF file was named 'schema_template.obj', and you export as a GIF image, the ouput filename would be 'schema_template.gif'. You can export to EPS (.eps), PostScript (.ps), X-bitmap (.xbm), EPSI (.epsi), GIF (.gif), and HTML fomats. Some installations of TGIF also allow PNG (.png) and JPEG formats (.jpg).

Tgif files are stored in the .obj format before being changed to other graphics format say .gif, png, jpg, ps, gif etc.

See here and here for tgif.

To install do:

sudo apt-get install tgif
#or
sudo apt install tgif