Supported File Formats

F3D supports the following file formats:

Name File Extension(s) Full scene Animation Supported? Plugin
Legacy VTK .vtk No No native
VTK XML .vtp, .vtu, .vtr, .vti, .vts, .vtm No No native
Polygon File Format .ply No No native
Standard Triangle Language .stl No No native
DICOM .dcm No No native
NRRD (“nearly raw raster data”) .nrrd, .nhrd No No native
MetaHeader MetaIO .mhd, .mha No No native
Tag Image File Format 2D/3D .tif, .tiff No No native
EXODUS II .e, .ex2, .exo, .g No Yes exodus
CityGML .gml No No native
Point Cloud .pts No No native
Standard for the Exchange of Product Data .step, .stp No No occt
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification .iges, .igs No No occt
Open CASCADE Technology BRep format .brep No No native
Alembic .abc No Yes alembic
Wavefront OBJ .obj Yes Yes native
GL Transmission Format .gltf, .glb Yes Yes native
Autodesk 3D Studio .3ds Yes No native
Virtual Reality Modeling Language .wrl Yes No native
Autodesk Filmbox .fbx Yes Yes assimp
COLLADA .dae Yes Yes assimp
Object File Format .off Yes No assimp
Drawing Exchange Format .dxf Yes No assimp
DirectX .x Yes Yes assimp
3D Manufacturing Format .3mf Yes No assimp
Universal Scene Description .usd, .usda, .usdc, .usdz Yes Yes usd
VDB .vdb No No vdb

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