Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CM3 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CM3 to another file type
To convert CM3 Models to another format, you need Granado Espada or other Game software.
Convert a file to CM3
To convert other file formats to the "Animation & Database File" file type, you need software like Granado Espada or a similar tool.
About CM3 files
The .cm3 file extension serves two distinct, highly specialized purposes. First, it is utilized as a game character animation file for titles like Granado Espada and Crimsonland. Second, it functions as a proprietary real estate budget database format - specifically a modified JetDB - used by MRI Software. The primary disadvantage of the .cm3 format is its strictly proprietary nature. Game animation files are compiled specifically for their respective game engines, making them impossible to open in standard 3D software like Blender without specialized community-built extraction scripts. Similarly, the MRI Budget files are locked enterprise databases that require expensive, specialized software to read properly. These files are not supported by standard web browsers and lock users into specific ecosystems. Converting .cm3 files directly into standard formats like FBX (for animations) or CSV (for databases) is inherently difficult because standard online converters fail to parse these proprietary data structures. Often, only the original game engine or enterprise software can properly read or export the data. However, you can use convert.guru. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. Our platform will analyze the .cm3 file to determine whether it is an animation or a database. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CM3 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CR3, CM4, CM5, CM1, L, CC, CM2 and M2 files.
FAQ
If you want to convert CM3 file to L, CC, CM2, M2, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA or MB, you can use Granado Espada or similar software from the "Animation & Budget Database" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to CM3, try Granado Espada or another comparable tool in the "Animation & Budget Database" category.
The CM3 Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our CM3 converter.