MD5MESH Converter

Convert id Tech 4 3D meshes (MD5MESH) online for free


Drop or upload your .MD5MESH file
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How to convert your MD5MESH file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MD5MESH file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert MD5MESH to another file type

The converter easily converts your MD5MESH 3D meshes to various formats - free and online. No Blender or or other 3D software needed.

  • MD5MESH to OBJ
  • MD5MESH to FBX
  • MD5MESH to 3DS
  • MD5MESH to STL
  • MD5MESH to PLY
  • MD5MESH to STP
  • MD5MESH to X
  • MD5MESH to 3MF
  • MD5MESH to GLB
  • MD5MESH to X3D
  • MD5MESH to ASSBIN
  • MD5MESH to GLTF

Convert a file to MD5MESH

To convert other file formats to the "Game Engine 3D Model" file type, you need software like Blender or a similar tool.


About MD5MESH files

The .MD5MESH file is an ASCII text-based skeletal 3D model format originally developed by id Software for the id Tech 4 engine, most famously used in Doom 3. It defines the base 3D geometry, joint hierarchy (skeleton), and vertex weights. It does not contain animation data, which is typically stored in companion MD5ANIM files. While originally designed for the Doom 3 SDK, these files are often managed today using community plugins in Blender or Maya. Because it is a legacy, proprietary format tied to a specific era of game development, working with .MD5MESH files today is highly restrictive. The plain-text ASCII structure makes the file size unnecessarily large compared to modern binary formats. It is not natively supported by web browsers, operating systems, or modern game engines like Unreal Engine or Unity out of the box. You also cannot send these files directly to a 3D printer, as they prioritize skeletal rigging over solid volume. For modern game development or 3D editing, convert the file to FBX or GLTF. If you are building a web-based 3D viewer, convert to GLB. If you only need the static geometry without the skeleton, convert to an OBJ file. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing legacy software.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your MD5MESH file.

Users also converted MD5ANIM and PSK files.


FAQ

If you want to convert MD5MESH file to DAE, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D or WRL, you can use Blender or similar software from the "Skeletal 3D Mesh 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 MD5MESH, try Blender or another comparable tool in the "Skeletal 3D Mesh Storage" category.



The MD5MESH 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 MD5MESH converter.