Practical guides on 3D sharing, CAD formats and web visualization.
Got a .PRT file and no NX or Creo license? Here's how to open and share it online in a browser, on any device, via a free STEP export.
$8.4 billion a year just for engineers answering questions. The NIST figures on what a badly transmitted 3D file really costs manufacturers.
Open an IGES or IGS file (.igs / .iges) online for free, with no CAD license. Interactive 3D viewer, IGES vs STEP explained, share via link in 60 seconds.
STL is a triangle mesh for 3D printing; STEP is an exact CAD solid for engineering. The real difference, a comparison table and which format to choose.
How OBJ and FBX differ (geometry, materials, animation, file size) and which format to use for 3D printing, games, or sending a model to a client.
Convert a GLB to STL for free for 3D printing: Blender method, online converters, what you lose, and how to check scale and a watertight mesh.
Convert a PLY to STL free for 3D printing: MeshLab, Blender, handling point clouds vs meshes, watertight mesh, scale, and how to verify the result.
Convert a PLY to OBJ free: MeshLab, Blender, handling scan vertex colors vs texture, when to pick OBJ over STL, and how to verify the result.
Convert an FBX file to OBJ for free: step-by-step Blender method, online converters, what you lose (animation, rig), and how to avoid an all-grey model.
Convert a DAE (Collada) file to GLB for free for web and AR: Blender method, online converters, and the up-axis and texture pitfalls to avoid.
Open 3DS (.3ds) files online for free, no 3ds Max, no install. View your 3D models in the browser and share an interactive link in seconds.
Convert a 3DS file to GLB for free for web, AR and sharing: Blender and online methods, with a clean mesh packed into a single lightweight file.
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