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Supported File Formats

This article lists all supported file formats in MeshInspector, detailing which can be imported or exported for meshes, point clouds, voxels, polylines, and other data types.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Mesh Formats

Format	Import	Texture	Color	Export
STL	Yes	No	No	Yes
OBJ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OFF	Yes	No	No	Yes
DXF	Yes	No	No	Yes
STEP	Yes	No	No	No
STP	Yes	No	Yes	No
CTM	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
3MF	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MODEL	Yes	No	No	No
PLY	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
GLTF	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

STEP (.stp) files are converted into mesh representations.

Point Cloud Formats

Format	Import	Color	Export
ASC	Yes	Yes	Yes
CSV	Yes	No	No
E57	Yes	Yes	No
LAS	Yes	Yes	No
LAZ	Yes	Yes	No
PTS	Yes	Yes	No
XYZ	Yes	No	No
TXT	Yes	No	No
PLY	Yes	Yes	Yes

Volume Formats

Format	Import	Export
DICOM (.dcm)	Yes	Yes
RAW	Yes	No
TIFF (.tif, .tiff)	Yes	No
VDB	Yes	Yes

Polyline Formats

Format	Import	Export
DXF	Yes	Yes
GAV	Yes	Yes
PTS	Yes	No

Distance Map Formats

Format	Import	Export
PNG	Yes	No
JPEG	Yes	No

G-code Formats

Format	Import	Export
GCODE	Yes	No
NC	Yes	No

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