AI Image to 3D Tools Every Export Format Your Pipeline Needs
One AI reconstruction, downloaded as a textured GLB, and eight guides for taking that file to the type your printer, engine or app actually expects.
Pick your export format
Image to GLB
One binary file with embedded PBR textures, built for web viewers, AR and modern game engines.
Best for web and AR
Image to STL
Unstructured triangle mesh with no color or units, the universal input every slicer accepts.
Best for 3D printing
Image to OBJ
Plain text geometry with a companion material file, readable by almost any 3D application ever made.
Best for general use
Image to FBX
Autodesk's production format carrying materials and, when added, full rigs and animation.
Best for game engines
Image to glTF
The JSON form of glTF 2.0, split into editable files for hand tweaking and streaming delivery.
Best for web editing
Image to USDZ
Apple's uncompressed AR package that opens straight into Quick Look from Safari or Messages.
Best for iOS AR
Image to DXF
Flattened CAD outlines and sections from your 3D reconstruction, ready for AutoCAD or laser cutting.
Best for CAD and cutting
Image to 3MF
A full color, unit aware successor to STL that modern slicers read as a native project file.
Best for color printing
Format comparison at a glance
| Format | Textures | Animation | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLB | Embedded PBR | Spec support | Web and AR viewers |
| STL | Not supported | Not supported | 3D printing and slicing |
| OBJ | External .mtl | Not supported | General 3D interchange |
| FBX | Embedded | Full rig support | Game engines and film |
| glTF | External images | Spec support | Web delivery and editing |
| USDZ | Embedded | Basic support | iOS AR Quick Look |
| DXF | Not supported | Not supported | CAD outlines and cutting |
| 3MF | Per-triangle color | Not supported | Full color 3D printing |
How to choose a 3D file format
Start from where the model needs to live, not from a format you already know. A model heading to a 3D printer wants STL for simple single color parts or 3MF when color and units matter, since both are what slicers were built around. A model heading to a website or an AR link wants GLB for a single self contained file or USDZ specifically for iOS Quick Look, since those are what browsers and Apple's AR viewer expect without extra plugins.
A model heading into a game engine or a film pipeline wants FBX, since Unity, Unreal, Maya and 3ds Max all treat it as a first class citizen with support for animation the AI output does not use today but the format is ready for. If you need to hand edit materials or inspect the scene as text, glTF's split JSON structure beats every binary alternative. And if the destination is CAD software or a laser cutter rather than a renderer, DXF's flattened outlines are the honest, correct choice even though the source reconstruction is fully three dimensional.
Questions fréquentes
Tout ce que l'on demande avant de transformer une photo en modèle 3D.
If you are not sure yet, GLB is the safest default: one file, embedded textures, and support in nearly every modern viewer, engine and web tool.
Yes. Every tool page runs the same free AI reconstruction and downloads a GLB, and each one explains how to take that GLB to its own target, so a single generation can end up as any of the eight.
No. The generator is free at 3 generations per hour with no account or sign up, and the conversion routes each page describes run on free tools like Blender, so no format costs extra.
GLB, glTF, FBX, USDZ and 3MF all carry texture or color data. STL, OBJ's base geometry and DXF do not store any color at all.
STL for simple single color prints, or 3MF if you want the AI-captured color and correct units to carry straight into a modern slicer like Bambu Studio.
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