MHM Converter

Extract text from MakeHuman models (MHM)


Drop or upload your .MHM file
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How to extract text from your MHM file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MHM file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert MHM to another file type

To convert MHM models to another format, you need MakeHuman or other 3D software.

Convert a file to MHM

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


About MHM files

The .MHM file extension is most commonly associated with MakeHuman Model files. MakeHuman is an open-source 3D graphics middleware used to rapidly prototype realistic 3D human characters. Instead of storing standard 3D polygon meshes, the .MHM file is a proprietary text-based configuration file that records slider parameters like age, gender, muscle mass, and facial structure. A secondary use for the .MHM extension is as a Microsoft Hardware Macro file, which stores recorded keystrokes and mouse movements for Microsoft accessories using the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center. These files are highly proprietary and restricted. For 3D artists, the massive disadvantage is that a .MHM file cannot be imported directly into standard 3D modeling software like Blender, Autodesk Maya, or game engines like Unity. It requires the original MakeHuman software to process the parameters and build the actual 3D mesh. Similarly, Microsoft Macro files are locked to Microsoft hardware drivers and are practically useless on other systems. To make the 3D character usable in other applications, you must convert it into standard 3D formats like OBJ, FBX, DAE (Collada), or STL. However, standard online converters fail to process .MHM files because generating the mesh requires MakeHuman's core algorithms and base mesh. Because this is a closed, proprietary format, direct conversion without the parent software is nearly impossible. We can parse the internal text to reveal the exact MakeHuman slider values or macro keystroke sequences, giving you full visibility into the file's contents even if a direct 3D mesh conversion requires the native application.

Convert.Guru analyzes your MHM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted FBX and OBJ files.


FAQ

If you want to convert MHM file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use MakeHuman or similar software from the "3D Character Parameters" 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 MHM, try MakeHuman or another comparable tool in the "3D Character Parameters" category.



The MHM 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 MHM converter.