Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DUF file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DUF to another file type
To convert DUF user files to another format, you need DAZ Studio or other 3D software.
Convert a file to DUF
To convert other file formats to the "3D Scene Data File" file type, you need software like DAZ Studio or a similar tool.
About DUF files
The .DUF file extension primarily represents a DAZ User File created by DAZ Studio. These files store 3D scene layouts, character poses, material settings, lighting presets, and rendering configurations. The format uses JSON syntax and is typically compressed with GZIP to reduce file size. Less frequently, .DUF files serve as Datamine mining design models, WINDUCOM tribology test files, or Latvian State Revenue Service electronic XML declarations. Users often need to convert .DUF files because they do not contain actual 3D geometry mesh data. Instead, they store reference paths to external DSF assets. This dependency means a .DUF file is useless if the linked texture and geometry files are missing from your local library. The format is tightly locked into the DAZ 3D ecosystem, making it incompatible with standard 3D modeling software like Blender without specialized plugins. To use the 3D content in other applications, the best conversion targets are FBX for rigged characters, OBJ for static meshes, or DAE. Note that converting directly from the file is impossible without loading the referenced geometry first. Standard online converters fail to process .DUF files because they lack access to your local DAZ asset library. Because this is a proprietary, reference-based format, only the original DAZ Studio software can properly read, assemble, and export the complete 3D scene. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion of the raw text data may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DUF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DUF file to FBX, DXF, OBJ, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL or PLY, you can use DAZ Studio or similar software from the "3D Scene and Asset Storage" 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 DUF, try DAZ Studio or another comparable tool in the "3D Scene and Asset Storage" category.
The DUF 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 DUF converter.