What is a .X3D file?
X3D is an XML-based 3D scene format, the successor to VRML.
- Did you know
- X3D was standardised in the early 2000s to bring VRML into the XML age.
- X3D was published by the Web3D Consortium and standardised as ISO/IEC 19775, offering XML, classic-VRML and compressed-binary encodings of the same scene.
- X3D is a direct superset of VRML, so it can still read VRML97 worlds while adding modern features.
- 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
- .X3D 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 .X3D file
- Drag a .X3D 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.