Advice and answers from the MeshInspector Team

Watch Tutorials

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.

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
SVG 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

Summarize this article with:

Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies and similar technologies, such as local storage. You will find detailed information about all of them under each consent category below.

To learn more about how Google processes personal information, visit: Google privacy policy

Always Active