Importing and Exporting
3D Canvas, 3D Canvas Plus and 3D Canvas Pro provide the ability to import and export many popular 3D
file formats. But not all import and export formats are created equal, and 3D Canvas'
support of each format is not equal, so selecting the most appropriate format can reduce
the amount of time required touching up a model after import or export.
What follows is a list of 3D export and import formats
that are available with 3D Canvas, 3D Canvas Plus and 3D Canvas Pro.
Export
| |
Geometry |
Material |
Texture Mapping |
Hierarchy |
Animation |
Lighting |
Camera |
Bones |
| 3D Studio (3ds) |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
| 3D Studio (asc) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| AutoCad (dxf) |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Collada (dae) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| DirectX (x) |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
Plus/Pro |
| Imagine (iob) |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Lightscape (lp) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| LightWave (lwo) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Maya (ma) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| MD2 (md2) |
Plus/Pro |
N/A |
Plus/Pro |
N/A |
Plus/Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator (mdl/bgl) |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Microsoft Train Simulator (s) |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Open Inventor (iv) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| POVRay (pov) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| Quicktime 3D Metafile (3dmf) |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Rail Simulator (igs) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
No |
No |
No |
| Rail Simulator (ia) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Raw Triangles (raw) |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| RealiMation 4.1 (rbs) |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| RenderMan (rib) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
| RenderWare (rwx) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
| Shockwave 3D (w3d)
See the Shockwave 3D FAQ
for more information. |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
| Softimage 3.5 (xsi) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| StereoLithography (stl) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| trueSpace Object (cob) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
| TurboSilver (ts) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| VideoScape (geo) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| VRML (wrl) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
| Wavefront (obj) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| WorldToolKit (nff) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| X3D (X3D) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| XGL (XGL) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| ZGL (ZGL) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Import
| |
Geometry |
Material |
Texture Mapping |
Hierarchy |
Animation |
Lighting |
Camera |
Bones |
| 3D Studio (3ds) |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
| 3D Studio (asc) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| AutoCad (dxf) |
Plus/Pro |
Plus/Pro |
N/A |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| BioVision (bvh) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
| DirectX (x) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
| Imagine (iob) |
Pro |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Lightscape (lp) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| LightWave (lwo) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Maya (rtg) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| MD2 |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
N/A |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Quicktime 3D Metafile (3dmf) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Rail Simulator (igs) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
N/A |
No |
No |
No |
| Raw Triangles (raw) |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| RealiMation (rbs) |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| RenderWare (rwx) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| TrainSim Modeler (dst) |
Pro |
No |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| trueSpace Object (cob) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
| VideoScape (geo) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| VRML 2.0 (wrl) |
Pro |
Pro |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
N/A |
| Wavefront (obj) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| WorldToolKit (nff) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| XGL (xgl) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| XYZ (xyz) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| ZGL (zgl) |
Pro |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |