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OBJ is an ASCII format for representing 3D geometry. The OBJ format supports both polygonal objects and free-form objects. Polygonal geometry uses points, lines, and faces to define objects while free-form geometry uses curves and surfaces.

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• BlenderOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
• BRL-CADOpen sourcewrites · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
• DicomToMeshOpen sourcewrites · MIT License
• MakeHumanOpen sourcewrites · GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later
• Misfit Model 3DOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License / GNU General Public License, version 2.0
• Q251322Open sourcereads and writes · GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later
• Visualization LibraryOpen sourcereads and writes · BSD licenses
• Wings 3DOpen sourcereads and writes · BSD licenses
• CloudCompareOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
• GigaMeshOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
• GodotOpen sourcereads · MIT License
• MASONOpen sourcereads · Academic Free License
• MayaViOpen sourcereads · BSD licenses
• MeshLabOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
• MitsubaOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
• PDALOpen sourcereads · 3-clause BSD License
• Q1685508Open sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
• SALOMEOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
• 3D-Agentwrites · proprietary license
• Alibre Designwrites
• Amapi Pro 7reads and writes
• Amirawrites
• Autodesk 3DS Max 8writes
• Autodesk 3DS Max 9reads and writes
• Cinema 4Dreads and writes · proprietary license
• HemoSpatwrites
• L3DTwrites
• Mathematicareads and writes · proprietary license
• Maya 6.0reads and writes
• Moment of Inspirationwrites
• Nugrafreads and writes
• PhotoModelerreads and writes · proprietary license
• PolyTrans 4.1.2writes
• Poser 5reads and writes
• Qlonereads and writes
• Qlone Dentalreads and writes
• Rhinoceros 3Dreads and writes · proprietary license
• SolveSpacewrites
• Tinkercadreads and writes
• TransMagicreads and writes

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Sources

• File Formats Wiki
• PRONOM fmt/1210
• Wikidata Q2119595

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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