Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MSH file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert MSH to another file type
To convert MSH mesh files to another format, you need Gmsh or other 3D software.
Convert a file to MSH
To convert other file formats to the "3D Mesh Model" file type, you need software like Gmsh or a similar tool.
About MSH files
The .MSH file extension typically represents a 3D Mesh file. It stores geometric data consisting of vertices, edges, and faces that define the shape of a 3D object or a computational grid. These files are heavily used in engineering simulation software like Gmsh and ANSYS Fluent, as well as in video game engines like Godot and Transport Fever. While highly specialized for their native environments, .MSH files are notorious for being fragmented. Because dozens of different programs use the .msh extension for their own proprietary formats, an .MSH file from ANSYS cannot be opened by a game engine, and vice versa. This lack of standardization makes sharing and viewing these files a major headache. They often cannot be viewed natively in web browsers, and the original engineering software requires expensive licenses. To solve this, you need to convert the file into a universally supported 3D format. For 3D printing and basic geometry, convert to STL. For broad compatibility across 3D modeling software like Blender or Maya, convert to OBJ. If you need to preserve rigging or animation data from game meshes, convert to FBX. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your MSH file.
If you want to convert MSH file to OBJ, STL, XML, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D or PLY, you can use Gmsh or similar software from the "3D Mesh Data 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 MSH, try Gmsh or another comparable tool in the "3D Mesh Data Storage" category.
The MSH 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 MSH converter.