How to extract text from your FLS file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FLS file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert FLS to another file type
To convert your FLS file to another format, you need FARO SCENE or other 3D software.
- FLS to E57
- FLS to SHP
- FLS to KML
- FLS to KMZ
- FLS to GPX
- FLS to GEOJSON
- FLS to TOPOJSON
- FLS to TIF
- FLS to TIFF
- FLS to ECW
- FLS to SID
- FLS to IMG
Convert a file to FLS
To convert other file formats to the "Laser Scan Point Cloud" file type, you need software like FARO SCENE or a similar tool.
- LAZ to FLS
- KMZ to FLS
- DTM to FLS
- CSV to FLS
- DEM to FLS
- PRJ to FLS
- LAS to FLS
- GPX to FLS
- DSM to FLS
- SHP to FLS
- DBF to FLS
- KML to FLS
About FLS files
The .FLS extension is a multi-format identifier that frequently causes confusion due to its use by disparate industries. Most significantly, it represents FARO Laser Scan data, a proprietary format storing high-resolution 3D point clouds captured by FARO hardware. These files are critical for surveying and architecture but pose significant interoperability challenges; they are large, locked to the FARO SCENE ecosystem, and cannot be directly opened in standard CAD tools like AutoCAD or Blender. Additionally, legacy files may be Flash Lite Sound bundles (obsolete mobile audio by Adobe) or Filius network simulation projects. Users often struggle to access the content inside these files without specific, often expensive, software. To resolve this, we recommend converting FARO .FLS files to E57, OBJ, or PLY formats for universal 3D compatibility. For legacy audio, convert to MP3 or WAV. If dealing with Filius files, they can be treated as ZIP archives to extract data. Note: If your file is a Lexmark or Caterpillar firmware update, it is a system binary intended for device installation, not document conversion.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FLS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted FL2, SCANDATASTREAM0, SCANDATASTREAM1, FLS 2, LOG, TXT, FLP, BIN, PDF, BV1 and E57 files.
The FLS 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 FLS converter.