How does converting GLB to CTM work?
In order to successfully convert an GLB formatted file to the CTM format, our converter tools will perform several initial checks to ensure the file provided is indeed an GLB file. There are many files out there where the file type extension does not match the data contained within the file. Along with these file type checks, our tools will do additional checks to ensure the file is correctly formatted to match the provided file type. There are many tools out there that do not always create GLB files to the exact specification.
Take your GLB file
An GLB file is a binary data file containing 3D data that makes up the 3D model, including vertices, faces, texture coordinates, and more. To guarantee efficient conversions, our tool will check all data that is contained within the GLB file and remove any information that is duplicated. This not only ensures the conversion completes more quickly, but also the generated CTM file size is smaller.
As the CTM file format does not support material textures, our tool when processing the GLB file will ignore any texture image files that may be present. It will also ignore any texture coordinate information present in the 3D model data.
Convert the data from GLB to CTM
Now that the data from the GLB file has been processed, our tool can apply any conversion specified options, such as enabling Voxel mode, and with these applied, prepare the data to be converted to the final CTM file format. Part of this process ensures checking the capabilities of the CTM format and removing any data that cannot be represented.
Save to the CTM format
At this point, the GLB to CTM conversion tool will have the 3D model in a state that is ready to be transferred to the CTM format. Our tool creates the CTM file, ensuring all the model data is present and is formatted to match the CTM file specification to ensure the file opens in compatible CTM file editors.
