What is the difference between .mdl and .ply?
- Extension
- .mdl
- .ply
- Category
- 3D
- 3D
- Developer
- Autodesk
- Stanford University
- Description
- The MDL file type is used by 3D Design Plus, a 3D modeling and animation program. It contains 3D objects and scenes created with the software, which can be used for a variety of purposes, including 3D printing, animation, and multimedia projects.
- It is a 3D model file format developed by Stanford Computer Graphics Laboratory. PLY is mainly used to describe objects in a collection of polygons.
- MIME Type
- model/vnd.mdl-3dplus
- application/octet-stream
- Wikipedia
- .ply on Wikipedia