Free Online OBJ to KMZ Converter

You can use our OBJ to KMZ conversion tool to quickly convert your 3D model (with optional texture files) for free. You may upload up to 20 files at one time, and our batch OBJ to KMZ converter will process each 3D model and present you with a download link for each file once completed.

Select File(s)

Or drag and drop your files here to upload.
A maximum of 20 files can be uploaded at once.

Please note: Your OBJ file, once uploaded to our server, will be deleted 15 minutes after upload, so please download your converted OBJ file before this time.

Our 3D model OBJ to KMZ tool will load your OBJ file and, where supported, attempt to extract all the relevant 3D features, such as geometry, textures, and animations. To access the 3D conversion configuration options, click the button when you have selected your files. The current options support the ability to voxelize your 3D model and more.

How to Convert your OBJ to KMZ Online?

Here are two simple steps to convert your OBJ to KMZ using our fast and free OBJ converter tool.

Upload your OBJ file

Click the "Upload a OBJ File" button, then select a OBJ to upload. The maximum file size is 100MB.

Download your KMZ

Click the download link to receive your KMZ file.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I convert my OBJ file to KMZ?

First, click the "Upload..." button and select your OBJ file to upload. Your OBJ file will be uploaded to our servers. When the OBJ to KMZ conversion has completed, you can download your KMZ file right away.

How long does it take to convert my OBJ to KMZ?

We aim to process all OBJ to KMZ conversions as quickly as possible; this usually takes around 5 seconds; however, this can be longer for certain files, so please be patient.

How accurate is the OBJ to KMZ conversion?

We aim to provide the best conversion experience. Our tools are under constant review and development, with new features being added every week.

How does converting OBJ to KMZ work?

In order to successfully convert an OBJ formatted file to the KMZ format, our converter tools will perform several initial checks to ensure the file provided is indeed an OBJ file. There are many files out there where the file type extension does not match the data contained within the file. To make things more difficult when working with OBJ files is the fact the OBJ file extension is used for other file formats such as the X-Plane format.

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 OBJ files to the exact specification.

Take your OBJ file

The Wavefront OBJ file format is a text-based format, meaning its contents are human-readable, making smaller OBJ files easy to edit in simple text editors. Larger 3D models quickly generate large text files making hand-editing them in a text editor unwise. Within this text-based format are the core elements that make up the 3D model, including vertices, faces texture coordinates. To ensure efficient conversions, our tool will check all data that is contained within the OBJ file and remove any information that is duplicated. This not only ensures the conversion completes more quickly, but also the generated KMZ file size is smaller.

As the KMZ file format does not support material textures, our tool when processing the OBJ 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 OBJ to KMZ

Now that the data from the OBJ 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 KMZ file format. Part of this process ensures checking the capabilities of the KMZ format and removing any data that cannot be represented.

Save to the KMZ format

At this point, the OBJ to KMZ conversion tool will have the 3D model in a state that is ready to be transferred to the KMZ format. Our tool creates the KMZ file, ensuring all the model data is present and is formatted to match the KMZ file specification to ensure the file opens in compatible KMZ file editors.

File format information for OBJ and KMZ

Extension	OBJ
Full Name	Wavefront
Type	3D Model
Mime Type	text/plain
Format	Text
Opens With	MeshLab, CAD Assistant, DAZ Studio

The OBJ file format is a 3D graphics file format used to define complex 3D models, including geometry, materials, and textures. OBJ files are text files, making them human-readable and easy to modify by hand. The downside to this ease of readability is that the files can become rather large when dealing with large or complex 3D models.

As mentioned, the OBJ format stores not only 3D model geometry but also materials and textures. These materials are usually defined in a separate file with the MTL file extension and specify geometry rendering details such as diffuse and specular color, transparency, and much more.

The OBJ material file can also reference external texture files. These are usually JPEG or PNG files; however, these can be older formats, such as TGA. Where materials are used, the OBJ file will also contain material names preceding the geometry faces they should be applied to. If textures are referenced, the geometry will also contain texture coordinates (UV) for each vertex.

OBJ Converter Capabilities

When converting 3D model or mesh files using our OBJ converter, we will attempt to convert color materials into a suitable format for use in the converted file.

Extension	KMZ
Full Name	Keyhole Markup Language
Type	3D Model
Mime Type	application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml
Format	Binary

A KMZ, which is short for Keyhole Markup Zip, is a compressed ZIP file used to contain geographic files and data, including, but not limited to, 3D models, images, and terrain.

The 3D models that are included will use the popular DAE format, which is capable of storing animations, textures, and 3D geometry. Of course, the KMZ file uses the ZIP file format to compress all this data to reduce the final size.

KMZ files can be viewed using specialist software, or you can use our range of KMZ file converters to process KMZ files into other, more common formats.

Information for converting from OBJ to KMZ

Your OBJ file will be converted to a KMZ file using our unified 3D model and mesh conversion tool. Our OBJ 3D tool performs accurate conversions of 3D elements such as vertices, faces, normals, and relevant material information. As OBJ supports color materials and KMZ does not, our tool will not attempt to transfer any color information; your final 3D model will contain geometry data only.