Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DMX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DMX to another file type
To convert DMX data files to another format, you need Source Filmmaker or other 3D software.
Convert a file to DMX
To convert other file formats to the "Source Engine Animation File" file type, you need software like Source Filmmaker or a similar tool.
About DMX files
The .dmx file is primarily a Source Engine Data Model used by Valve for Source Filmmaker and other Source engine games. It stores 3D model data, animation sequences, and project structures in either an XML or binary format. A secondary use for the .dmx extension is a DataMiner eXchange package, which is a compressed ZIP archive used by Skyline Communications. Less commonly, it functions as a database model XML file for DBDesigner 4. The main disadvantage of Valve's DMX format is that it is highly proprietary and application-specific. Files are not supported by standard web browsers and require dedicated 3D software or a specific game engine to render. Users frequently need to convert DMX to standard 3D formats like OBJ, FBX, or SMD to edit models in universal 3D suites. Because DMX is deeply tied to the Source Engine or specific enterprise systems, standard online converters almost always fail to process it. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the complex animation data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying format like raw XML text or an embedded ZIP package, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DMX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DMX file to MIDI, SMD, MDL, FBX, MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV or M4V, you can use Source Filmmaker or similar software from the "3D Animation Data Model" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to DMX, try Source Filmmaker or another comparable tool in the "3D Animation Data Model" category.
The DMX 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 DMX converter.