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Anyfile converts a glTF model to a PLY model for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.
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| What’s kept | Shape only |
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When to use PLY: 3D scans, point clouds and research data.
.gltf
An open 3D format from the Khronos Group, first released in 2015. A JSON file describes the scene and points to separate binary buffers and texture images.
Exchanging real-time 3D scenes with materials and animation between tools and engines.
Opens in Blender, three.js, Godot, Unity and Unreal (with plug-ins)
About GLTF files.ply
The Polygon File Format, also called the Stanford Triangle Format, devised at Stanford in the 1990s. It stores vertices and faces with extra properties such as per-vertex colour.
3D scans, point clouds and research data.
Opens in MeshLab, CloudCompare, Blender
About PLY filesGoing the other way? Convert PLY to GLTF
Everything that converts to PLY
Need to change it first? Open the 3D viewer
Drop your GLTF file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the PLY 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.
No: PLY holds a single picture, so only the first frame is kept.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every PLY inside.