diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f7d9566..0072ba4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ dummy-file
 
 tools/covid-19.obj
 tools/read_obj
+tools/xyz
 
diff --git a/importobj.c b/importobj.c
index 94496c7..ae7e1ad 100644
--- a/importobj.c
+++ b/importobj.c
@@ -10,16 +10,51 @@
 
 #include  "bubulles.h"
 
+extern int		verbosity;
+
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+#define LINE_SZ 666
+
 int try_to_read_an_OBJ_file(char *fname, int notused)
 {
 FILE		*fpin;
+char		line[LINE_SZ+1], *cptr;
+float		x, y, z;
+int		foo;
 
 #if DEBUG_LEVEL
-fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( '%s' %d)\n", fname, notused);
+fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( '%s' %d )\n", __func__, fname, notused);
 #endif
 
+if (NULL==(fpin=fopen(fname, "r"))) {
+	perror(fname);
+	exit(1);
+	}
+
+while(cptr=fgets(line, LINE_SZ, fpin)) {
+
+	if (verbosity>1) fputs(line, stderr);
+
+	cptr = strtok(line, " ");
+	if (strcmp(cptr, "v"))	continue;
+
+	cptr = strtok(NULL, " ");
+	foo = sscanf(cptr, "%f", &x);
+	cptr = strtok(NULL, " ");
+	foo = sscanf(cptr, "%f", &y);
+	cptr = strtok(NULL, " ");
+	foo = sscanf(cptr, "%f", &z);
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "%16g   %16g   %16g\n", x, y, z);
+
+	}
+
+
+ 
+
+fclose(fpin);
+
 return -7800;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 1cb716b..4c29a5a 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 BBFUNCS = ../libbubulles.a 
 
 read_obj:	read_obj.c Makefile ${BBFUNCS}
-	gcc -Wall  $< ${BBFUNCS} -o $@
+	gcc -Wall -DDEBUG_LEVEL=1  $< ${BBFUNCS} -o $@
diff --git a/tools/read_obj.c b/tools/read_obj.c
index a5cc6c3..30436f2 100644
--- a/tools/read_obj.c
+++ b/tools/read_obj.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 #include	<stdlib.h>
 #include	"../bubulles.h"
 
+int try_to_read_an_OBJ_file(char *fname, int notused);
+int	verbosity;
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 int		foo;
@@ -15,8 +18,9 @@ if (2 != argc) {
 	exit(0);
 	}
 
+verbosity = 0;
 
-// foo = try_to_read_an_OBJ_file(argv[1], 0);
+foo = try_to_read_an_OBJ_file(argv[1], 0);