3D Geometry & Modeling Formats
Mathematica supports import and export of 3D geometry from all standard formats—with its symbolic representation of 3D objects allowing immediate faithful interchange.
3D Object Geometry Formats
"PLY" — PLY 3D geometry format (.ply)
"OFF",
"NOFF" — 3D object file formats (.off, .coff, .noff, .cnoff)
"BYU" — BYU 3D geometry format (.byu)
"OBJ" — Wavefront OBJ format (.obj)
"VTK" — Visualization Toolkit 3D format (.vtk)
"X3D" — X3D XML geometry format (.x3d)
"JVX" — JavaView format (.jvx)
"VRML" — Virtual Reality Modeling Language format (.vrml)
Modeling & Rendering Formats
"Maya" — Maya entity files (.ma)
"POV" — POV-Ray ray-tracing object description format (.pov)
"LWO" — LightWave 3D file format (.lwo)
"3DS" — 3D Studio format (.3ds)
"RIB" — Renderman interchange format (.rib)
"DXF" — AutoCAD 2D & 3D formats (.dxf)
"STL" — stereolithography format (.stl)
"ZPR" — Z Corp. 3D printer format (.zpr)
— graphics object that displays the 3D objects
— a
Mathematica GraphicsComplex object
— list of vertex coordinates
— colors at vertices
