Free converter

Convert STL to OBJ in seconds.

Drop an STL below, preview the mesh, and download it as OBJ. The conversion runs entirely in your browser with three.js — your file is never uploaded, so it's instant and private.

Drop your STL file here
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.stl

Converted locally · never uploaded · no signup

Why this tool

Free, private, in the browser.

Converted locally, never uploaded

The STL is parsed and re-exported in your browser. No server queue, no email gate, no privacy risk.

Live 3D preview

See exactly what you're converting before you convert it — orbit the mesh right on the page.

Clean triangle-accurate output

Geometry is transferred triangle for triangle; the OBJ opens in Blender, Maya, ZBrush and any DCC tool.

How it works

Three steps, no setup.

01
Drop your STL

Drag the .stl into the tool, or click to browse. It renders as a live preview.

02
Click Convert

The engine re-encodes the mesh as Wavefront OBJ in your browser.

03
Download the OBJ

The .obj downloads instantly — ready for Blender, Maya or your marketplace upload.

Why convert STL to OBJ?

STL is a print-only format: pure triangles with no texture coordinates, groups or material slots. OBJ is what modeling and sculpting tools prefer for editing and what many marketplaces expect for uploads. Converting STL to OBJ lets you take a printable file back into Blender, ZBrush or Maya for retopology, UV work or material assignment.

What survives the conversion

STL stores only triangles and normals, so that is exactly what the OBJ will contain — geometry with computed normals, no UVs and no materials (STL never had them). The mesh itself is preserved one-to-one, with no decimation, resampling or watermarking.

Questions

Answered, plainly.

Is the STL to OBJ conversion free?+

Yes — free and unlimited. No signup, no conversion quota, no watermark on the output.

Is my file uploaded during conversion?+

No. Loading, converting and exporting all happen in your browser's memory. The file never touches a server.

Will the OBJ have textures or materials?+

No — because STL cannot store them. The OBJ contains the full geometry with normals, ready for you to UV-map and texture in a DCC tool.

Is there a file size limit?+

Only your device's memory. Since there is no upload, multi-hundred-MB meshes that would time out on server-based converters work fine here.

Can I convert OBJ back to STL?+

Yes — use the free OBJ to STL converter, linked below.

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