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Supported 3D File Formats

James
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    Sketchfab supports many 3D file formats, including most of today's popular exchange formats.

    To learn how to upload, visit Uploading 3D Models.

    If your favorite file format is not listed below, you could try converting your file or using one of our native or integrated Exporters, including Blender, 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Substance Painter, and many more!

    You could even upload a compressed archive folder with your file(s) in it, such as ZIP, RAR, and 7z.
    File format/type File name
    .obj*

    Alias Wavefront
    .blend Blender
    .fbx Autodesk Filmbox, FBX
    .gltf (+.bin), .glb GL Transmission Format

    *OBJ files should almost always come with an MTL material library file. Both should be uploaded together, along with any textures. See Uploading 3D Models for more details.

    Other file formats

    File format/type File name
    .3dc, .asc 3DC point cloud
    .3ds 3DS
    .abc Alembic
    .dae, .zae Collada

    .igs, .iges

    		 Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, IGES
    .las LIDAR point clouds
    .ply

    Polygon File Format
    .stl Stereolithography, Standard Tessellation Language
    .usd, .usdz, .usda, .usdc Universal Scene Description (USD)

     

    These file formats are considered experimental, legacy, highly software-specific, or otherwise not well-supported.

    File format/type File name

    .iv

    		 Open Inventor

    .kmz

    		 Google Earth, Keyhole Markup Language
    .osg, .osgt, .osgb, .osgterrain, .osgtgz, .osgx OpenSceneGraph
    .vox Magicavoxel
    .wrl, .wrz Virtual Reality Modeling Language, VRML
    .dwf, .dxf Design Web Format,Drawing eXchange Format

    For information about texture map and material shader support, see Textures & Materials.

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    98 comments

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    • stepcia

      +1 for STEP file please

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    • James

      @stepcia - thanks!

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    • Karenzi

      Great, Hello every one thanks for being here, we may connect soon, best regards

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    • stroporez79

      fbx ???

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    • James

      @stroporez79 - Are you having trouble? Can you send me the link to the model?

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    • myla

      This is really helping me to upload my new format/scene 

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    • jscottsmith

      I'm playing with the point cloud option. LAS is cool, but not as universal as I'd like. I don't see support for common formats like e57 or PTS. Are they supported?

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    • James

      @jscottsmith - I'm not sure about e57, but I think PTS is almost the same as an ASCII point cloud file. If you open it as plain text, is there a header with info like the total number of points followed by one line per point:

      x y z R G B

      x y z R G B

      If you remove the header line(s) and rename .pts to .asc, we should be able to process it. Happy to take a closer look if you send a sample to support@sketchfab.com

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    • jscottsmith

      Thanks James. I'll give that a shot. Next question...  how big a dataset can my account handle? Is there a limit on file size or number of points or something?

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    • James

      @jscottsmith - Looks like you have a Business account, so you can upload files up to 500MB. We also support uploading compressed ZIP/RAR/7z archives, which can save a lot of space.

      We should be able to handle at least 10 million points, but there are examples even higher than that: https://sketchfab.com/models/435e8fb63d9f45a3b590eb6bbfd2531e

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    • jevgenikareva

      Can't upload *.dxf file (made by me in AutoCAD 2015, originally saved as *.dwg 2013) - error 13. In Autocad looks OK, successfuly converted & opened in SketchUP and SolidWorks.

      What should I do to fix it? I mean, that I would be able to upload the file into Your cloud for my students.

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    • James

      @jevgenikareva Sorry about that, could you send me a link to one of the pages that threw error 13 so i can take a closer look?

      Does your version of AutoCAD export to FBX format?

      Alternatively, could you upload from SketchUp or SolidWorks instead? https://sketchfab.com/exporters

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    • Fred.Moonstick

      Last message : May 10, 2017

      Why anyone don't wanna speak here??

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    • janylalawrence

      you are the best and stay cool

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    • kan12370317

      Hello James

      I created a model by Trnio and I'd like to link to Sketchfab for uploading the model file.

      But, in order to do this, I should need a token which is sent to the email resigstered with Sketchfab, but I haven't received any email from Trino or Sketchfab.

      In terms of this problem, is there a problem in Sketchfab or Trino?

      Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

      Thanks!

      Hong

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    • James

      Hi Hong,

      You can always find your API Token again in your profile settings: https://sketchfab.com/settings/password

      Cheers,
      James

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    • abdullaabdullapk406

      Good

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    • RubenHJ
      • Edited

      Hi guys, I am currently modelling with ContextCapture.

      Are there any plans to support 3MX and 3MXB files in a near future ?

      I could change the option to save the model in OBJ, but this will split the model in several OBJs, tedious to put together and also lose a bit of quality . Many thanks!

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    • James

      Hello,

      Thanks for the feedback! We have no plans to add support for those file formats.

      We do have a method to automatically combine OBJs together - just include an empty file called "sketchfab.zbrush" with everything else and we will automatically concatenate them. It will, however, depend on each piece being properly oriented and positioned with respect to each other.

      According to their documentation, they can export a number of file formats that we support, and even have a direct upload option:

      https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/ContextCapture%20Help-v9/en/GUID-817E1113-2882-46CF-8C07-549ECCA04BCE.html

      https://docs.bentley.com/LiveContent/web/ContextCapture%20Help-v9/en/GUID-CA7493D6-D09D-4B51-ACA6-EF0FF6BD1A5D.html

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    • 500x890

      Hola, soy nueva aquí y no sé qué hacer en Sketchfab.

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    • 500x890

      Soy un hacker ROBLOX llamado 500x890.

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    • 500x890

      Necesito ayuda para hacer arte porque no sé cómo hacer arte en 3D a pesar de que soy un hacker ROBLOX llamado 500x890.

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    • wd34074402

      how do I put a picture on a computer

      I need your help DEWAYNE

      http://DEWAYNE 

       

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    • testingname99213

      garfield kart 3ds .omd files please

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    • Foxykid9

      Hi

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    • AJ3oo

      How do you build stuff

       

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    • jibsTuGa

      Hi, 

      I have downloaded 2 USDZ models from GLB´s i have uploaded and they not run on Quick Look, in AR session throws the error "Object requires a newer version of iOS" but on the other hand if i download USDZ files from Apple https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/quick-look/ they run with no issues! Any thoughts?

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    • James

      Hello,

      I just tried both of your USDZ files and they worked fine for me in AR on iOS.

      I'm going to create a ticket for you.

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    • Cordi

      Not fair, I drew some AMAZING pictures but won't let me upload them :(

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    • atoosaelahi

      hi my file is not complete in blender format how can I fix it? 

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