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Convert OBJ to GLB

Drop a OBJ file and download it as GLB. The conversion runs in your browser, so the file never leaves your device. It keeps the exact shape and materials and textures.

Free, no sign-up, and your file stays on your device.

Drop a OBJ file here

Converted to GLB in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

GLB, glTF, OBJ, STL, PLY, FBX or 3MF, up to 300 MB. Add .mtl, .bin and texture files alongside.

What carries over from OBJ to GLB

Checked against what the converter writes, not just what the formats allow.
Shape (triangles)
Kept exactly
UV coordinates
Kept
Colour texture
Kept
PBR maps (roughness, metalness, normal)
Not in OBJ
Vertex colours
Kept
Animation
Not in OBJ
Separate parts
Kept
Size and units
Kept as they are; neither format records units.
Up direction
Unchanged.

How to convert OBJ to GLB

  1. Add your OBJ

    Drop the OBJ file, with its textures and .mtl if it has separate ones.

  2. Check the preview

    Turn the model and check what will be kept before converting.

  3. Download the GLB

    The .glb is written in a second or two for most models.

When to convert OBJ to GLB

  • To put it on the web

    GLB is what three.js, Google's <model-viewer> and most web viewers load: one file, textures included.

  • For Blender and Godot

    Both import glTF natively, with materials, so there is no .mtl or texture folder to keep together.

The two formats

OBJ

Wavefront OBJ

OBJ is the plain-text mesh format Wavefront Technologies introduced in the late 1980s. It stores vertices, UVs, normals and faces; materials and texture maps live in a companion .mtl file.

Usually comes from
older asset libraries, CAD and DCC exports, and photogrammetry apps
Opens in
almost every 3D app (Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, ZBrush), Unity and Roblox Studio natively, and every major slicer
Units
None recorded
Up axis
Not recorded (usually Y up)

GLB

Binary glTF 2.0

GLB is the single-file, binary form of glTF 2.0, the open format the Khronos Group published in 2017 for delivering 3D assets. Mesh, materials, textures and animation all travel in one file.

Usually comes from
AI 3D generators (including PhotoGenius), Sketchfab downloads, web 3D projects and game asset stores
Opens in
Blender, Godot, three.js and most web viewers, Android's Scene Viewer, Bambu Studio and UltiMaker Cura, Unreal's glTF importer, and Unity with the glTFast package
Units
Metres
Up axis
Y up

Need a model to convert?

Make one with AI from a photo or a sentence, then download it as GLB and convert it here.

Questions

Something else? Ask us and a person will answer.

Is this OBJ to GLB converter free?

Yes. There is no account, watermark or limit on conversions. It accepts files up to 300 MB; how large a model your browser can handle depends on your device's memory.

Is my file uploaded?

No. The conversion runs in your browser with the open-source three.js loaders and exporters, so your OBJ never leaves your device.

Does the GLB keep textures and animation?

Yes, everything the OBJ has that glTF supports: geometry, UVs, materials and textures embedded in the file.

My OBJ has an .mtl file and textures. How do I include them?

Drop or select the .obj, .mtl and texture files together. The converter matches them by file name.

Can I make a 3D model from a photo instead?

Yes. PhotoGenius turns a photo or a text prompt into a textured GLB with Rodin Gen-2.5, Rodin Gen-2.5 Fast, Tripo H3.1, TRELLIS.2, Rodin Gen-2 or Hunyuan3D 3.1, which you can then convert here. See Image to 3D model.

Turn a photo into a 3D model

Rodin Gen-2.5, Rodin Gen-2.5 Fast, Tripo H3.1, TRELLIS.2, Rodin Gen-2 or Hunyuan3D 3.1 builds a textured GLB from one image. The price shows before you run it.

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