Popular 3D model file format

Short name	3DMF	Blender	FBX	COLLADA	DXF	GLTF	OBJ	PLY	STL	VRML	X	X3D
Name	3D Manufacturing Format	Blender file format	Filmbox (FBX)	COLLAborative Design Activity	AutoCAD DXF	Graphics Library Transmission Format	Wavefront OBJ	Polygon File Format	STL	Virtual Reality Modeling Language	DirectX 3D Model	X3D
Initial release	2015	1994	1996	2004	1982	2015	1992	1994	1987	1997		2001
File extensions	.3dmf	.blend	.fbx	.dae	.dxf	.gltf .glb	.obj	.ply	.stl	.wrl .wrz	.x	.x3d
Commonly used for		Blender default file format						3D scanners
Technical features
Animation support	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Texture support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No basic color support	No		Yes
Shading support	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No		Yes
Interactive support	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	No	No	No	Yes		No
Physics support	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		No	No	No	No	No		No
Software support
Three.js	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blender	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Unity (3D)		No		Yes
FreeCAD	No	No		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Paint 3D	Yes	No				Yes			Yes
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