What is a .DRC file?
DRC is a Draco-compressed 3D mesh or point cloud. Created by Google.
- Did you know
- Draco shrinks 3D models so they load quickly over the web.
- Draco was built by Google’s Chrome Media team to speed up 3D graphics over the web, and is released as open source.
- Khronos adopted it as an official glTF compression extension, where it can shrink geometry by around ten times.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify more 3D, CAD and scene files: Google Draco compressed meshes, Gaussian splats (KSplat), Universal 3D, Dassault 3DXML, DirectX .x models, Qubicle voxels, Wings3D, Autodesk Revit (RVT/RFA and templates, build version from BasicFileInfo), Siemens Solid Edge, Navisworks, legacy CATIA V4, terrestrial-scanner point clouds (FARO/Trimble) and legacy binary Visio (.vsd).
- Depth of analysis
- .DRC is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .DRC file
- Drag a .DRC file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.