Rhino’s wide array of supported file formats make it the 3D interoperability tool-of-choice. Other apps lock you into one or two proprietary formats, but Rhino plays nice with others.
In Rhino 7, we’ve improved fidelity for existing formats and support for SubD where possible.
| Name | File Extension | Open/Import | Save/Export | Latest Updates |
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| Rhino 3D Model (except ver 1.x save) | .3dm | | | |
| Rhino 3D Model Backup | .3dmbak | | | |
| Rhino Worksession | .rws | | | |
| 3MF | .3mf | | | |
| 3D Studio | .3ds | | | Improved |
| AMF | .amf | | | |
| ACIS | .sat | | | |
| Adobe Illustrator | .ai | | | |
| AutoCAD Drawing | .dwg | | | Improved |
| AutoCAD Drawing Exchange | .dxf | | | Improved |
| COLLADA | .dae | | | |
| Adobe Cult3D | .cd | | | |
| DirectX | .x | | | |
| E57 | .e57 | | | |
| Embroidery | .dst, .exp | | | |
| Enhanced Metafile | .emf, .wemf | | | |
| Encapsulated PostScript | .dst, .exp | | | |
| Geomview OFF | .off | | | |
| GHS Geometry | .gf, .gft | | | |
| GHS Part Maker | .pm | | | |
| Google Earth | .kmz | | | |
| GTS (GNU Triangulated Surface) | .gts | | | |
| IGES | .igs, .iges | | | Improved |
| Lightwave | .lwo | | | |
| Microstation | .dgn | | | Improved |
| Moray UDO | .udo | | | |
| MotionBuilder | .fbx | | | Improved |
| NextEngine Scan | .scn | | | |
| OBJ (Wavefront) | .obj | | | Improved |
| Object Properties | .csv | | | Improved |
| Parasolid | .x_t | | | |
| PDF | .pdf | | | Improved |
| PLY | .PLY | | | |
| Points | .asc, .csv, .xyz, .pts | | | |
| Points | .cgo_ascii, .cgo_asci | | | |
| Points | .txt | | | |
| POV-Ray | .pov | | | |
| Raw Triangles | .raw | | | |
| Recon M | .m, .pts | | | |
| RenderMan | .rib | | | |
| Scalable Vector Graphics | .svg | | | Improved |
| SketchUp | .skp | | | |
| Slice | .slc | | | |
| SOLIDWORKS | .sldprt, .sldasm | | | Improved |
| STEP | .stp, .step | | | Improved |
| STL (Stereolithography) | .stl | | | |
| VDA | .vda | | | |
| VRML/Open Inventor | .wrl, .vrml, .iv | | | Improved |
| WAMIT | .gdf | | | |
| Windows Metafile | .wmf | | | |
| X3D | .x3dv | | | |
| XAML | .xaml | | | |
| Solaris XGL | .xgl | | | |
| Zcorp (3D Systems) | .zpr | | | |
KEY: Both Windows only Mac Only Improved (hover for details)