Importing and Exporting

3D Canvas 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 and 3D Canvas Pro.

Export

  Geometry Material Texture Mapping Hierarchy Animation Lighting Camera Bones
DirectX (x) Yes Yes Yes Pro Pro N/A N/A Pro
POVRay/MegaPOV (pov) Yes Yes Yes (UV Mapping with MegaPOV) N/A N/A Yes Yes N/A
WorldToolKit (nff) Pro Pro Pro N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wavefront (obj) Pro No Pro N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
VRML (wrl) Pro Pro Pro No No No No N/A
3D Studio (3ds) Pro Pro No No No No No N/A
TrueSpace Object (cob) Pro Pro No No No No No N/A
AutoCad (dxf) Pro Pro N/A No N/A N/A N/A N/A
Raw (raw) Pro N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Microsoft Train Simulator (s) Pro Pro (textures only) Pro Pro Pro N/A N/A N/A

 

Import

  Geometry Material Texture Mapping Hierarchy Animation Lighting Camera Bones
DirectX (x) Yes Yes Yes Yes No N/A N/A No
BioVision (bvh) N/A N/A N/A Pro Pro N/A N/A Pro
WorldToolKit (nff) Pro Pro Pro N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wavefront (obj) Pro No Pro N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
3D Studio (3ds) Yes Yes No No No No No N/A
TrueSpace Object (cob) Yes Yes No No No No No N/A
AutoCad (dxf) Yes Yes N/A No N/A N/A N/A N/A
VRML (wrl) Yes (version 1.0) Yes (version 1.0) No No No No No N/A
POVRay (pov) Yes (version 2.2) Yes (version 2.2) No N/A N/A No No N/A
Raw (raw) Pro N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A