What is a .LWS file?
LWS is a LightWave 3D scene file, tying together models, lights and animation.
- Did you know
- An LWS scene references LWO objects to assemble a full LightWave shot.
- Unlike the binary LWO objects it references, the LWS scene is plain text and can be opened and even hand-edited in a text editor.
- An LWS file holds only cameras, lights, motion and timing - the geometry stays in the separate LWO files it points to.
- What Analyser reads
- Header and metadata extraction for 3D meshes, voxels, BIM, point clouds and Gaussian splats: Wavefront OBJ, Stanford PLY, OFF, glTF, AMF, MagicaVoxel VOX, COLLADA DAE/ZAE, USD crate, X3D/VRML, LightWave LWO/LWS, Quake MD2/MD3/MDL, VRM avatars, Siemens JT, LAS/LAZ/PCD/PTS/E57 LiDAR clouds, IFC BIM, and .splat/.spz - vertex/face/point counts, bounding boxes, units and authoring tool.
- Depth of analysis
- .LWS 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 .LWS file
- Drag a .LWS 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.