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Understanding 3D Formats

A field guide to the containers this converter reads and writes. Skim this before converting if you're unsure which target format your downstream pipeline expects.

GLTF / GLB

Khronos' glTF 2.0 is the JPEG of 3D — a JSON descriptor (.gltf) or self-contained binary (.glb) carrying meshes, skins, animations, and PBR-metallic-roughness materials. It is the de-facto standard for real-time, web-based, and engine-agnostic 3D delivery.

OBJ

Wavefront's plain-text geometry interchange. OBJ stores vertex positions, normals and UVs alongside MTL material references. It carries no animation and no PBR semantics, but remains the lowest-common-denominator for DCC interoperability.