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 Copy/Paste between Rhino-AutoCAD (Windows only) Dynamic Block Import Import: VerboseOutput option
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)