FileConvert

3D model converter

3DS to OBJ Converter

Turn 3DS files into OBJ without installing anything. The target format on this page is already set to OBJ, so a single file or a whole folder is one press of Convert away.

  • Whole batches at once
  • Quality you control
  • Removed once it is done

3DS OBJ

or drop files here

Files travel over TLS and are deleted from the server as soon as the conversion finishes.

3DS and OBJ: what actually changes

3DS is the legacy 3D Studio format, limited to 65,536 vertices per mesh. OBJ is plain-text geometry with an .mtl sidecar for materials — universal, and very old.

Meshes, normals and UV coordinates are translated between the two scene descriptions rather than re-tessellated, so the geometry you get out is the geometry you put in. The OBJ you get back keeps vertices, normals, UVs and material references, and gives up animation, rigs and scene hierarchy. Check materials and texture paths afterwards — that is where 3DS and OBJ disagree most.

How it goes3 steps

  1. Add your 3DS files
    Drop them onto the box above or click Select File. Add as many .3ds files as you like — the whole batch converts in one go, and duplicates are ignored.
  2. Confirm OBJ as the output
    OBJ is already selected as the target format on this page. Tweak the options if you need something other than a straight OBJ file.
  3. Download your OBJ
    Hit Convert and grab the finished OBJ files individually or as a single ZIP. Everything is deleted from the server once you have them.

Format facts

What each side of this conversion is good at, so you know what you are trading away.

Source .3ds

3DS

The legacy 3D Studio format, limited to 65,536 vertices per mesh.

Compression
Lossy
Transparency
Not supported
Keeps
Basic geometry and materials
Gives up
Anything past that vertex ceiling, plus modern shading

Result .obj

OBJ

Plain-text geometry with an .mtl sidecar for materials — universal, and very old.

Compression
Lossy
Transparency
Not supported
Keeps
Vertices, normals, UVs and material references
Gives up
Animation, rigs and scene hierarchy

Send 3DS somewhere else

Every other format a 3DS file can leave as.

From .3ds 7 targets

fbx dae stl ply gltf glb x3d

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FBX OBJ FBX to OBJ DAE OBJ COLLADA to OBJ STL OBJ STL to OBJ PLY OBJ PLY to OBJ GLTF OBJ glTF to OBJ GLB OBJ GLB to OBJ X3D OBJ X3D to OBJ

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