Free Online WRL to PLY Converter

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

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A maximum of 20 files can be uploaded at once.

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

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

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

Upload your WRL file

Click the "Upload a WRL File" button, then select a WRL 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 WRL file to PLY?

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

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

We aim to process all WRL 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 WRL conversion tool will extract only the vertex data from your WRL file. This will then be used to create the final PLY file.

How does converting WRL to PLY work?

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

Take your WRL file

The WRL file format is a text-based format, meaning its contents are human-readable, making WRL files easy to edit in simple text editors. Within this text-based format are the core elements that make up the 3D model, including vertices, faces, and more. To ensure efficient conversions, our tool will check all data that is contained within the WRL 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.

Convert the data from WRL to PLY

Now that the data from the WRL 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 WRL 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 WRL and PLY

Extension	WRL
Full Name	Virtual Reality Modeling Language
Type	3D Model
Mime Type	model/vrml x-world/x-vrml application/x-cc3d
Format	Text
Opens With	MeshLab

The WRL (or VRML) file format is used to store 3D models and their environments in a simple-to-edit, plain text format. The WRL format has been around since the 1990s and has gained widespread support as a convenient 3D graphics format.

The 3D data is stored within the file in a hierarchical format, allowing 3D objects to be grouped and manipulated together. The format also allows 3D objects to be assigned unique IDs, allowing them to be referenced elsewhere in the same document, allowing the same 3D model to be used multiple times while only defining its vertices, faces, and other 3D data once.

While the format still enjoys support within many 3D editing applications, the WRL format has been officially superseded by the XML-based X3D format, which comes with more features and, with its use of the standard XML format, more support amongst 3D modelling applications.

WRL Converter Capabilities

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

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

When converting your WRL to PLY, our tool will attempt to accurately convert any colour or material information.

Information for converting from WRL to PLY

Your WRL file will be converted to a PLY file using our unified 3D model and mesh conversion tool. Our WRL 3D tool performs accurate conversions of 3D elements such as vertices, faces, normals, and relevant material information. As both WRL and PLY support colour material information, our tool will also attempt to convert the colour information.