ISO 10303 STEP is the universal CAD exchange format; it preserves B-rep geometry and dimensional tolerances across all major CAD vendors.
IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) is a legacy neutral CAD format still widely used in aerospace and industrial supply chains.
PTC Creo's native part-and-assembly format is notoriously vendor-locked; Zlim converts it to optimized GLB without requiring a Creo license.
Dassault Systèmes CATIA is the CAD standard for automotive and aerospace OEMs; Zlim reads CATPart and CATProduct directly.
SolidWorks is the most common mid-market parametric CAD format; Zlim extracts mesh and material data from SLDPRT/SLDASM files.
The 3D Manufacturing Format (3MF) was designed for modern additive manufacturing; Zlim converts 3MF meshes to GLB with full color/material fidelity.
AutoCAD Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) carries 2D/3D geometry from CAD workflows; Zlim extracts 3D entities and converts them to optimized GLB.
Autodesk FBX is the dominant interchange format for games and VFX pipelines; Zlim strips rig/animation bloat and outputs a lean GLB.
Wavefront OBJ is universally supported but uncompressed and verbose; Zlim converts OBJ + MTL pairs to compact, GPU-ready GLB.
Collada (DAE) is an open XML-based DCC interchange format used by Unity, Blender, and OpenFlight; Zlim converts DAE to optimized GLB.
Pixar's Universal Scene Description is the emerging standard for 3D pipelines and AR Quick Look; Zlim converts USD and USDZ to optimized GLB.
The legacy Autodesk 3ds Max format is ubiquitous in older asset libraries; Zlim converts 3DS files to modern, compressed GLB.
glTF is already web-ready but often unoptimized; Zlim applies mesh quantization, Draco compression, and texture mipmap generation to produce a production-grade GLB.
VRML and its successor X3D are veteran web-3D formats found in legacy simulations and training datasets; Zlim converts them to modern GLB.
FBX to GLB, converted and optimized in one pass
OBJ to GLB, bundled and optimized
STL to GLB, web-ready and compressed
Collada (DAE) to GLB, flattened and optimized
USDZ to GLB, for Android and the web
PLY to GLB, for scans and photogrammetry
3DS to GLB, modernized and compressed
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