Supported File Formats

Rhino’s wide array of supported file formats makes it the 3D interoperability tool of choice. Other apps lock you into one or two proprietary formats, but Rhino plays nice with others.

Now supporting USD export, glTF, E57 in Rhino for Mac, Dynamic Blocks in DWGs…

Name File Extension Open/Import Save/Export Latest Updates
Rhino 3D Model (except ver 1.x save) .3dm Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
Rhino 3D Model Backup .3dmbak Windows only Windows only
Rhino Worksession .rws Windows only Windows only
3MF .3mf Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
3D Studio .3ds Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
AMF .amf Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
ACIS .sat Windows | Mac
Adobe Illustrator .ai Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
AutoCAD Drawing .dwg Windows | Mac Windows | Mac Improved Improved: .dwg
AutoCAD Drawing Exchange .dxf Windows | Mac Windows | Mac Improved Improved: .dxf
  • Import: VerboseOutput option
COLLADA .dae Windows | Mac
Adobe Cult3D .cd Windows | Mac
DirectX .x Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
E57 .e57 Windows | Mac New in Rhino 8 New in Rhino 8: .e57
  • Now supported in Rhino for Mac.
Embroidery .dst, .exp Windows | Mac
Enhanced Metafile .emf, .wemf Windows only
Encapsulated PostScript .dst, .exp Windows | Mac
Geomview OFF .off Windows | Mac
GHS Geometry .gf, .gft Windows | Mac Windows only
GL Transmission Format .gltf, .glb Windows | Mac Windows | Mac New in Rhino 8 New in Rhino 8: .gltf, .glb
  • Useful for sharing 3D models on the web using WebGL.
GHS Part Maker .pm Windows only
Google Earth .kmz Windows | Mac
GTS (GNU Triangulated Surface) .gts Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
IGES .igs, .iges Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
Lightwave .lwo Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
Microstation .dgn Windows | Mac Improved Improved: .dgn
  • Import: Support for Reference files.
Moray UDO .udo Windows | Mac
MotionBuilder .fbx Windows | Mac Windows | Mac Improved Improved: .fbx
  • Import: Added FBX Y to Rhino Z option.
NextEngine Scan .scn Windows only
OBJ (Wavefront) .obj Windows | Mac Windows | Mac Improved Improved: .obj
  • Export: Added option for exporting polylines.
Object Properties .csv Windows | Mac
Parasolid .x_t Windows | Mac
PDF .pdf Windows | Mac Windows | Mac Improved Improved: .pdf
  • Import: Added option to import line weights.
  • Export: Support linetype cap and join styles.
PLY .ply Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
Points .asc, .csv, .xyz, .pts Windows | Mac
Points .cgo_ascii, .cgo_asci Windows | Mac
Points .txt Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
POV-Ray .pov Windows | Mac
Raw Triangles .raw Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
Recon M .m, .pts Windows | Mac
RenderMan .rib Windows | Mac
Scalable Vector Graphics .svg Windows | Mac Windows | Mac Improved Improved: .svg
  • Export: Support linetype cap and join styles.
  • Export: Circle and Arc support.
  • Export: Write layers as group tags.
SketchUp .skp Windows | Mac Windows | Mac Improved Improved: .skp
  • Import: “Use group layers” & “Add objects to groups” options.
Slice .slc Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
SOLIDWORKS .sldprt, .sldasm Windows | Mac
STEP .stp, .step Windows | Mac Windows | Mac Improved Improved: .stp, .step
  • Export: Improved saving to cloud storage folders and path with Asian characters.
STL (Stereolithography) .stl Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
Universal Scene Description .usd, .usdz Windows | Mac New in Rhino 8 New in Rhino 8: .usd, .usdz
  • Extensible format commonly used in visualization applications.
VDA .vda Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
VRML/Open Inventor .wrl, .vrml, .iv Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
WAMIT .gdf Windows | Mac Windows | Mac
Windows Metafile .wmf Windows only
X3D .x3dv Windows | Mac
XAML .xaml Windows | Mac
Solaris XGL .xgl Windows | Mac
Zcorp (3D Systems) .zpr Windows only Windows only

KEY: Both     Windows only     Mac Only     New in Rhino 8 (hover for details)     Improved (hover for details)