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Anyfile converts a 3DS model to an STL model for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.
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| What’s kept | Shape only: colours and textures are left out |
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When to use STL: Sending models to 3D printers and slicers.
.3ds
The scene format of Autodesk 3D Studio for DOS, from 1990. It stores meshes, materials, lights and cameras, but each mesh is limited to 65,536 vertices.
Older 3D asset libraries and models shared before modern formats arrived.
Opens in Blender, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, MeshLab
About 3DS files.stl
A mesh format created by 3D Systems in 1987 for stereolithography printers. It describes a surface only as triangles, with no colour, units or materials, in text or binary form.
Sending models to 3D printers and slicers.
Opens in Cura, PrusaSlicer, Bambu Studio, Blender, Quick Look on Mac
About STL filesEverything that converts to STL
Need to change it first? Open the 3D viewer
Drop your 3DS file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the STL downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the 3D viewer.
No. The file is read and converted by your own browser, and nothing is sent to a server. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, go to Network, and convert a file. No upload appears.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every STL inside.