MQO Converter

Extract text from MQO files


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

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

Convert MQO to another file type

To convert your MQO file to another format, you need Metasequoia or other 3D software.

  • MQO to OBJ
  • MQO to FBX
  • MQO to DAE
  • MQO to 3DS
  • MQO to MAX
  • MQO to BLEND
  • MQO to MA
  • MQO to MB
  • MQO to C4D
  • MQO to STL
  • MQO to PLY
  • MQO to WRL

Convert a file to MQO

To convert other file formats to the "Polygon Mesh Model" file type, you need software like Metasequoia or a similar tool.

  • DWG to MQO
  • DAE to MQO
  • X3D to MQO
  • IGES to MQO
  • WRL to MQO
  • JT to MQO
  • SKP to MQO
  • 3DS to MQO
  • 3DM to MQO
  • OBJ to MQO
  • STEP to MQO
  • FBX to MQO

About MQO files

The .MQO file extension represents a Metasequoia Object, a proprietary 3D model format created by tetraface Inc. for their Metasequoia modeling software. These files are legendary in the anime and game development communities, serving as the foundational format for many MikuMikuDance (MMD) assets and indie game mods.

While .MQO files are text-based and lightweight, they are functionally locked out of modern 3D workflows. Standard tools like Blender, Unity, and Windows 3D Viewer cannot open them natively. To edit these files, users must either install the specific Metasequoia software (which requires navigating a niche interface) or hunt for community-maintained plugins like blender-mqo that often break with new software updates. Additionally, because the format originated in Japan, users frequently encounter Shift-JIS encoding errors that cause texture paths to break or material names to appear as garbled text.

For most users, the pragmatic solution is conversion. For static meshes (props, swords, accessories), convert to OBJ, which is universally supported. If the model contains rigging or bones for animation, FBX is the safer target. For 3D printing, convert directly to STL.

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

Users also converted MQOZ, OBJ, FREDDY CABEZA_, ZIP, FBX, BLEND, TXT, XPS, BBMODEL, DOCX and PDF files.



The MQO 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 MQO converter.