3DS Converter
Legacy 3D Studio meshes still common in asset libraries. Convert 3DS files into other formats, all inside your browser.
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What is 3DS?
3DS is the chunk based format of the original DOS era 3D Studio. It has hard limits, such as 65536 vertices per mesh and 8.3 texture names, but decades of stock model libraries ship in it.
Typical uses
- Legacy asset libraries
- Architectural props
- Old game data
Supported by
- 3ds Max
- Blender
- Cinema 4D
Format details
- Extensions
- .3ds
- Full name
- 3D Studio
- Category
- Scene graph
- Encoding
- Binary
- MIME type
- application/x-3ds
- Direction
- read
Questions
What is a .3ds file?
3DS is the chunk based format of the original DOS era 3D Studio. It has hard limits, such as 65536 vertices per mesh and 8.3 texture names, but decades of stock model libraries ship in it.
Which applications use 3DS?
3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D all work with .3ds files.
Can I export to 3DS?
Not yet. 3DS is supported as an input format, so you can convert 3DS files into any of the supported output formats.
Are there limits with 3DS?
3DS is supported as an input only.