What is the difference between .ply and .x3d?
- Extension
- .ply
- .x3d
- Category
- 3D
- 3D
- Developer
- Stanford University
- The Web3D Consortium
- Description
- 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.
- X3D (Extensible 3D) is a royalty-free open standard file format used to represent 3D computer graphics. It is used to store and interchange 3D model data, including surface geometry, color, animation, and metadata. X3D files are built on the XML standard, and can be viewed and edited with a variety of 3D modeling programs.
- MIME Type
- application/octet-stream
- application/x3d+xml
- Wikipedia
- .ply on Wikipedia
- .x3d on Wikipedia