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GLB to PLY converter, without the upload.

Turn GLB 3D models into PLY. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.

Drop GLB files here

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How to convert GLB to PLY

  1. Add your GLB 3D models

    Drop GLB files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.

  2. PLY is already chosen

    Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.

  3. Download

    Save the PLY, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.

Why ToAny

  • Private by construction

    The GLB to PLY converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your 3D models are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

  • No upload, no queue

    Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.

  • Free, without an account

    No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.

GLB to PLY: what to expect

GLB is binary, so you cannot read or edit it in a text editor. PLY keeps vertex colours, which STL cannot. GLB is at home in sharing one self-contained 3D model for the web or AR; PLY is the usual choice for 3D scans and point clouds with colour per vertex.

The model is converted as triangles: lines and points are dropped, positions are used as they are, and no axis conversion is applied, so a model that is Y-up in glTF and Z-up in STL, OBJ and PLY is written exactly as it was read. Textures are not carried over, a glTF that points at a separate .bin file cannot be read from a single dropped file, and Draco or meshopt compressed geometry is refused with a message asking for an uncompressed export. The PLY is binary and keeps vertex colours. Models up to 3,000,000 triangles are accepted.

GLB vs PLY

GLB

GLB 3D model

GLB packs a glTF scene, its geometry and its textures into one binary file, so it can be shared, uploaded or opened in an AR viewer without any companion files. Most 3D viewers on the web and social platforms prefer it.

Opens in Blender, web 3D viewers, game engines, Windows 3D Viewer and AR tools

GLB converter
PLY

PLY polygon model

PLY stores a mesh or a point cloud with arbitrary per-vertex properties, such as colour, and comes in text and binary forms. It was designed at Stanford to hold scanner output and is still how many 3D scanners and photogrammetry tools save results.

Opens in MeshLab, CloudCompare, Blender and 3D scanning software

PLY converter
GLB compared with PLY
GLBGLB 3D modelPLYPLY polygon model
Stands forBinary glTFPolygon File Format (Stanford Triangle Format)
Type3D scene3D model
CompressionNoneNone
Introduced2015, by the Khronos Group1994, by Greg Turk, Stanford University
Opens inBlender, web 3D viewers, game engines, Windows 3D Viewer and AR toolsMeshLab, CloudCompare, Blender and 3D scanning software
Best forSharing one self-contained 3D model for the web or AR3D scans and point clouds with colour per vertex
File extension.glb.ply

Questions

Are my 3D models uploaded anywhere?

No. The GLB to PLY conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

Is anything lost when converting GLB to PLY?

No further quality is lost: PLY stores the decoded audio exactly. The result is identical in content.

Can I convert several GLB files at once?

Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.

How do I convert GLB to PLY on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android?

The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the GLB file, press Convert and save the PLY. There is nothing to install.

Is there a file size limit?

Yes. Models up to 150 MB and 3,000,000 triangles are accepted; a larger one is refused with a message. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.