Solidly

Features

Solidly opens every major 3D interchange format on macOS, displays its internal structure in native terms, and provides tools to inspect, edit, rebuild materials, and render still images locally.

File formats

  • A frog knight with a sword, a shield and a cape, open in Solidly.

    glTF / GLB

    Solidly opens, inspects, and edits GLB and glTF files on macOS, with full support for PBR extensions, live validation, scene hierarchy, and export.

    • GLB
    • glTF
  • A miniature bedroom with a bed, a desk and a wardrobe, open in Solidly.

    USD / USDZ

    Solidly inspects composed USD stages, layers, variants, MaterialX networks, and spatial audio across USD, USDA, USDC, and USDZ files on macOS.

    • USD
    • USDA
    • USDC
    • USDZ
  • A frightened cartoon cactus shedding its spines beside an orange balloon, open in Solidly.

    FBX

    Solidly opens, inspects, and edits binary and ASCII FBX files on macOS, with full support for materials, skeletal animation, node hierarchies, and export.

    • FBX
  • A textured model of a small rusted car, open in Solidly.

    OBJ

    Solidly opens, inspects, and edits Wavefront OBJ and MTL files on macOS, with PBR material extensions, texture reconstruction, and geometry tools.

    • OBJ
  • A scanned sculpture bust of a woman, open in Solidly.

    PLY

    Solidly opens, inspects, and evaluates PLY surface meshes, point clouds, and 3D Gaussian splats on macOS, with support for massive scan datasets.

    • PLY
  • An untextured STL model of the 3DBenchy tugboat test print, open in Solidly.

    STL

    Solidly opens ASCII and binary STL files on macOS, with interactive Quick Look previews, mesh inspection, and high-resolution Photo Mode rendering.

    • STL
  • A 3MF project of five organiser trays, each on its own build plate, open in Solidly.

    3MF

    Solidly opens 3MF files on macOS, displaying Bambu Studio and Orca Slicer build plates, filament colours, assembled views, real units, and Quick Look previews.

    • 3MF
  • A STEP assembly of a machine in an aluminium frame, with chain drives, rollers, and pneumatic cylinders, open in Solidly.

    STEP / STP

    Solidly opens STEP (.step, .stp) CAD files on macOS, with the assembly tree, exact measurements, section and exploded views, part colours, and Quick Look.

    • STEP
    • STP
  • An IGES model of a cordless drill with its edges drawn, open in Solidly.

    IGES / IGS

    Solidly opens IGES (.iges, .igs) CAD files on macOS, with exploded views, the Bodies tree, CAD measurements, section views, and Quick Look previews.

    • IGES
    • IGS

Capabilities

  • A sci-fi helmet open in Solidly beside the Materials tab, with its base colour, metallic-roughness, normal, and occlusion textures and its surface, base colour, metallic, and roughness controls.

    Material editing

    Solidly edits PBR parameters, texture assignments, and material extensions in GLB, glTF, FBX, and OBJ files on macOS, with live viewport feedback.

  • A marble statue of a laurel-crowned Roman figure framed in Photo Mode against a sky, with the camera controls along the bottom of the window.

    Photo Mode

    Solidly renders publication-ready still images from GLB, USD, FBX, OBJ, STL, PLY, 3MF, STEP, and IGES models on macOS at resolutions up to 8K.

  • A glTF model of a gumball machine filled with sleeping cats, previewed in Quick Look over a Finder window, with an Open with Solidly button in the preview's title bar.

    Quick Look

    Solidly previews GLB, glTF, USDZ, FBX, OBJ, STL, PLY, 3MF, STEP, and IGES files in the Mac Finder with Quick Look. Each preview can be orbited and zoomed.