Supported File Formats

F3D supports the following file formats:

Name File Extension(s) Type of Scene(s) Supported Animations Supported? Plugin Supported
Legacy VTK .vtk Default    
VTK XML .vtp, .vtu, .vtr, .vti, .vts, .vtm Default    
Polygon File Format .ply Default    
Standard Triangle Language .stl Default    
DICOM .dcm Default    
NRRD (“nearly raw raster data”) .nrrd, .nhrd Default    
MetaHeader MetaIO .mhd, .mha Default    
Tag Image File Format 2D/3D .tif, .tiff Default    
EXODUS II .e, .ex2, .exo, .g Default Yes exodus
CityGML .gml Default    
Point Cloud .pts Default    
Standard for the Exchange of Product Data .step, .stp Default   occt
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification .iges, .igs Default   occt
Open CASCADE Technology BRep format .brep Default    
Alembic .abc Default   alembic
Wavefront OBJ .obj Default, Full    
GL Transmission Format .gltf, .glb Default, Full Yes  
Autodesk 3D Studio .3ds Full    
Virtual Reality Modeling Language .wrl Full    
Autodesk Filmbox .fbx Full Yes assimp
COLLADA .dae Full Yes assimp
Object File Format .off Full   assimp
Drawing Exchange Format .dxf Full   assimp
DirectX .x Full Yes assimp
3D Manufacturing Format .3mf Full   assimp
Universal Scene Description .usd, .usda, .usdc, .usdz Full Yes usd
VDB .vdb Default   vdb

*Note: As of version 2.5.0, F3D support for VDB is still experimental.