Free Online LWO to PLY Converter

You can use our LWO to PLY 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 LWO to PLY 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 LWO file, once uploaded to our server, will be deleted 15 minutes after upload, so please download your converted LWO file before this time.

Our 3D model LWO to PLY tool will load your LWO 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 LWO to PLY Online?

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

Upload your LWO file

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

Download your PLY

Click the download link to receive your PLY file.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I convert my LWO file to PLY?

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

How long does it take to convert my LWO to PLY?

We aim to process all LWO to PLY 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 conversion to the PLY 3D point cloud format?

Our LWO conversion tool will extract only the vertex data from your LWO file. This will then be used to create the final PLY file.

How does converting LWO to PLY work?

In order to successfully convert an LWO formatted file to the PLY format, our converter tools will perform several initial checks to ensure the file provided is indeed an LWO 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 LWO files to the exact specification.

Take your LWO file

An LWO 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 LWO file and remove any information that is duplicated. This not only ensures the conversion completes more quickly, but also the generated PLY file size is smaller.

As the PLY file format does not support material textures, our tool when processing the LWO 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 LWO to PLY

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

Save to the PLY format

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

File format information for LWO and PLY

Extension	LWO
Full Name	LightWave Object File
Type	3D Model
Mime Type	application/octet-stream
Format	Binary

Created for the LightWave 3D modelling software, the LWO file format is designed to store complex 3D scenes in a fast and easy-to-process manner. The content stored includes 3D models, their associated materials and textures, and other data to represent the final 3D scene.

The 3D data is stored within the LWO file in binary form. The data consists of the 3D objects that make up the LightWave scene, including camera properties, 3D object geometry, including their vertices, faces, and texture coordinates where appropriate. The binary format ensures LWO files remain compact and size-efficient.

Support for importing LWO files can be found in some 3D editing applications; however, for best results, it is recommended to edit LWO files directly within the LightWave 3D software.

LWO Converter Capabilities

Our LWO 3D Model/Mesh tool does not support any colour material data contained within LWO files, so the converted file will not contain any colour information.

Extension	PLY
Full Name	Stanford Triangle Format
Type	3D Model/Point Cloud
Mime Type	application/octet-stream
Format	Text
Opens With	Blender, MeshLab

The PLY format, also known as the Standard Triangle Format, is a popular 3D model file format originally created by Stanford University in the 1990s as a means to store 3D model data in a flexible and expandable format. There can be both binary and ASCII text formats in PLY files.

Both binary and text formats share a common header section that defines what geometric attributes (such as vertices, normals, faces, and colours) are present in the data. It is also possible to specify custom data to be associated with a vertex or object face.

PLY files can be opened with a wide range of 3D editing software; for example, Blender can both import and export to the PLY format with no additional software required.

PLY Converter Capabilities

Our 3D conversion tool does not support colour or material information in PLY files, so your file will not contain any colour information.

Information for converting from LWO to PLY

Your LWO file will be converted to a PLY file using our unified 3D model and mesh conversion tool. Our LWO 3D tool performs accurate conversions of 3D elements such as vertices, faces, normals, and relevant material information. Our tool will not attempt to transfer any colour information if it is present in your LWO file; your final 3D model will contain only geometry data.