Assimp isn't available

[BHeaney]

I'm trying to use Qt3D Assimp module to import 3D models with Qt5.7. Following the man page, I added the following to my .pro file
QT += 3drender

but #include <AssimpIO> resulted in a "file not found" compiler error.

[njbrown]

Because it's not a part of the public api

https://github.com/qt/qt3d/blob/721ea2d2a323da63163fb086d8c10829a8415ad5/src/plugins/sceneparsers/assimp/assimpio.h#L43

//
//  W A R N I N G
//  -------------
//
// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists for the convenience
// of other Qt classes.  This header file may change from version to
// version without notice, or even be removed.
//
// We mean it.
//

use QMesh for loading models instead

[Poorti]

Yes, assimp is no longer part of the public api, but its sample is present in the qt 5.7 source files.
You can look at it to see how they are using it in the latest version.