Extract text from 3D model files (GLM)
To convert GLM models to another format, you need Autodesk 3ds Max or other 3D software.
To convert other file formats to the "Game Model File" file type, you need software like Autodesk 3ds Max or a similar tool.
.GLM files are predominantly Ghoul 2 Game Models utilized by the Ghoul 2 engine, originally developed by Raven Software for classic titles like Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy. Alternatively, a .GLM file can be an Architectural CAD project file created by GLOBO CAD (which is structurally a standard ZIP archive) or a 3D model asset for the mobile game Galaxy on Fire by Fishlabs.
To open or modify the game model variants, modders typically rely on old 3D modeling software like Autodesk 3ds Max or open-source tools like Blender, requiring specific community-made import plugins. The core disadvantage of this format is its highly proprietary and legacy nature. A standard .GLM game asset only holds static mesh geometry; it strictly requires a paired GLA file to provide skeletal animation. Because it is a closed, 20-year-old game engine format, it is completely unsupported by modern web browsers, native OS viewers, or standard 3D design suites out-of-the-box.
Users typically need to convert .GLM to standard, widely supported 3D formats like OBJ or FBX to edit the mesh. However, standard online converters universally fail to process these files because they lack the niche parsers needed to read the binary geometry data. Often, only the original modding tools can properly read or export the 3D data. If our analysis detects the underlying GLOBO CAD ZIP structure, extraction and conversion of the project assets is easily possible directly in your browser.
Convert.Guru analyzes your GLM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted GML, GLB, SKIN, ZIP, RAR, TXT, TSX, BLEND, DAE, BLEND1 and GSM files.
If you want to convert GLM file to GSM, OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL or PLY, you can use Autodesk 3ds Max or similar software from the "3D Game Model 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 GLM, try Autodesk 3ds Max or another comparable tool in the "3D Game Model Storage" category.
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 GLM converter.