3MF to FBX converter: the surface, as it is
Drop a .3mf and get one .fbx file, converted in Blender on our server. The trip keeps the geometry and nothing more; nothing the source holds is lost on the way. Free, no account, nothing to install.
How do I convert 3MF to FBX?
Drop the file on this page, wait while the server converts it, and download one .fbx file.
- 1Choose a .3mf. Files up to 50 MB.
- 2The converter opens it in Blender on our server and writes FBX. Most files take under a minute; the page shows the result in 3D when it is done.
- 3Download one .fbx file. The upload and the result are deleted 3 days later.
- In:
- .3mf
- Out:
- one .fbx file
- Keeps:
- the geometry
- Cost:
- free, no account
What survives the trip
A 3MF is a zip package with the parts as triangle meshes, a colour or material per part, and the unit written in the file (millimetres by default). Each part comes in as its own object with its own material, so a two-colour print stays two colours, and a 100 mm part arrives as 100 mm. A package whose build names a part that cannot be read is refused rather than converted in part.
The result is a binary FBX with the mesh, and the materials and images where the source has them, embedded in the file so it travels as one piece. The source has no skeleton, so none is written.
3MF and FBX do not hold the same things, and the page says so before you upload: the trip keeps the geometry and nothing more, and nothing the source holds is lost on the way. FBX is what Unity, Unreal, Maya, 3ds Max and Blender open natively.
What this conversion cannot do
Measured on real files, not assumed. Everything below is a property of the formats or of the pipeline, and knowing it beforehand is cheaper than discovering it in your 3D tool.
Colour per part, not per pixel
A 3MF names a colour or a material for each part, and that is what is read. Painted multi-colour prints that store a colour per triangle are read as the part's base material; slicer-specific extras (supports, plates, modifiers) are not read at all.
An FBX names its textures by path when they are not embedded
We embed every image we have, so the file opens textured wherever it goes. An image the source never contained cannot be embedded; the material then names it by file name and your 3D tool asks for it.
Uploads stop at 50 MB
A larger file is refused before anything is uploaded. Decimate a dense mesh or shrink the textures in your 3D tool first; neither changes the format.
Frequently asked questions
Will the colours of my multi-material print survive?
The colour of each part does: each part keeps its material. Per-triangle paint and slicer settings do not; they are not part of the 3MF core that is read.
Will Unity and Unreal read the file?
Yes, as any FBX: the mesh, the materials and the embedded images come in. The source has no skeleton, so there is nothing to map onto a humanoid.
Is anything uploaded, and for how long?
Yes: the file you drop goes to our server in New York, is converted there, and both the upload and the result are deleted 3 days after the conversion. Nothing is shared with anyone.
Can I look at the 3MF first?
Yes, without uploading anything: the 3MF viewer draws it in your browser. Open the 3MF viewer →
Can this become a VTuber avatar?
Not as it is: an avatar needs a skeleton, skin weights and a face that moves, and a .3mf has none of them. Rig and texture the model in Blender first, then convert the rigged file to VRM.
The other format pairs
All 50 are free, all run the same pipeline, and all say what they drop.
GLB to FBX
GLB in, FBX out, free: one file.
FBX to GLB
FBX in, GLB out, free: one file.
FBX to OBJ
FBX in, OBJ out, free: zipped with its files.
Blender (.blend) to FBX
Blender (.blend) in, FBX out, free: one file.
STL to FBX
STL in, FBX out, free: one file.
PLY to FBX
PLY in, FBX out, free: one file.
DAE to FBX
DAE in, FBX out, free: one file.
USDZ to FBX
USDZ in, FBX out, free: one file.
FBX to STL
FBX in, STL out, free: one file.
FBX to PLY
FBX in, PLY out, free: one file.
FBX to DAE
FBX in, DAE out, free: zipped with its files.
FBX to USDZ
FBX in, USDZ out, free: one file.
3MF to GLB
3MF in, GLB out, free: one file.
FBX to 3MF
FBX in, 3MF out, free: one file.
3MF to OBJ
3MF in, OBJ out, free: zipped with its files.
3MF to STL
3MF in, STL out, free: one file.
GLB to 3MF
GLB in, 3MF out, free: one file.
OBJ to 3MF
OBJ in, 3MF out, free: one file.
STL to 3MF
STL in, 3MF out, free: one file.
Only want to look at the file? GLB viewer, FBX viewer and OBJ viewer all run on your own device — nothing is uploaded.
Is your model going into VTubing?
A .3mf is a surface without a skeleton, so no converter can make a VRM avatar out of it directly. Rigged and textured in Blender, the same model converts to VRM on the FBX to VRM converter, with the bones mapped onto the VRM humanoid.
Open the VRM converter