diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+
+TARGET   := PhyObj.o
+SOURCES  := $(wildcard *.cc)
+HEADERS  := $(wildcard *.h)
+
+all: $(TARGET)
+
+$(TARGET): $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS)
+	$(CXX) -c -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(SOURCES)
+
+clean:
+	-rm -f *~ *.o
diff --git a/PhyObj.cc b/PhyObj.cc
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+++ b/PhyObj.cc
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+
+#include "PhyObj.h"
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+using namespace std;
+
+#define WHITESPACE " \t\r\n\f"
+
+/********** static utility functions **********/
+static string trim(const string & orig)
+{
+    string result = orig;
+    size_t pos = result.find_first_not_of(WHITESPACE);
+    if (pos == string::npos)
+    {
+        result = "";
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if (pos > 0)
+            result = result.substr(pos, result.length() - pos);
+        pos = result.find_last_not_of(WHITESPACE);
+        if (pos < result.length() - 1)
+            result = result.substr(0, pos + 1);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+/********** PhyObj::Geom functions **********/
+PhyObj::Geom::Geom()
+{
+    m_type = NONE;
+}
+
+PhyObj::Geom::Geom(PhyObj::GeomType type, refptr< vector<float> > args)
+{
+    m_type = type;
+    m_args = args;
+}
+
+
+/********** PhyObj functions **********/
+void PhyObj::load(FileLoader * fileLoader, const FileLoader::Path & path)
+{
+    FileLoader::Buffer buff = fileLoader->load(path);
+    if (buff.size <= 0)
+        return;
+    string str(buff.data, buff.size);
+    stringstream istr(str, ios_base::in);
+    while (!istr.eof())
+    {
+        string line;
+        getline(istr, line);
+        line = trim(line);
+        if (line == "" || line[0] == '#')
+            continue;
+        size_t pos = line.find_first_of(WHITESPACE);
+        if (pos == string::npos)
+            continue;
+        string type = line.substr(0, pos);
+        pos = line.find("\"", pos);
+        if (pos == string::npos)
+            continue;
+        size_t pos2 = line.find("\"", pos + 1);
+        if (pos2 == string::npos)
+            continue;
+        string name = line.substr(pos + 1, pos2 - pos - 1);
+        pos = pos2 + 1;
+        refptr< vector<float> > args = new vector<float>();
+        for (;;)
+        {
+            pos = line.find_first_not_of(WHITESPACE, pos);
+            if (pos == string::npos)
+                break;
+            pos2 = line.find_first_of(WHITESPACE, pos);
+            string n = line.substr(pos, pos2 - pos);
+            float f = atof(n.c_str());
+            args->push_back(f);
+            if (pos2 == string::npos)
+                break;
+            pos = pos2 + 1;
+        }
+        GeomType geom_type = NONE;
+        if      (type == "cube")
+        {
+            geom_type = BOX;
+        }
+        else if (type == "sphere")
+        {
+            geom_type = SPHERE;
+        }
+        else if (type == "capsule")
+        {
+            geom_type = CAPSULE;
+        }
+        else if (type == "plane")
+        {
+            geom_type = PLANE;
+        }
+        if (geom_type != NONE)
+        {
+            m_geoms.push_back(new Geom(geom_type, args));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/PhyObj.h b/PhyObj.h
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+++ b/PhyObj.h
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+
+#ifndef PHYOBJ_H
+#define PHYOBJ_H
+
+#include "refptr/refptr.h"
+#include "FileLoader/FileLoader.h"
+#include <vector>
+
+class PhyObj
+{
+    public:
+        /* Types */
+        enum GeomType { NONE, BOX, SPHERE, PLANE, CAPSULE };
+
+        class Geom
+        {
+            public:
+                /* Constructors */
+                Geom();
+                Geom(GeomType type, refptr< std::vector<float> > args);
+
+                /* Methods */
+                GeomType getType() { return m_type; }
+                refptr< std::vector<float> > getArgs() { return m_args; }
+
+            protected:
+                GeomType    m_type;
+                refptr< std::vector<float> >  m_args;
+        };
+
+        /* Methods */
+        void load(FileLoader * fileLoader, const FileLoader::Path & path);
+        size_t getNumGeoms() { return m_geoms.size(); }
+        refptr<Geom> getGeom(int i) { return m_geoms[i]; }
+
+    protected:
+        std::vector< refptr<Geom> > m_geoms;
+};
+
+#endif