Extract text from O2C files
To convert your O2C file to another format, you need O2C Player or other 3D software.
To convert other file formats to the "3D Visualization File" file type, you need software like O2C Player or a similar tool.
The .o2c file extension represents the Objects to See format, a highly compressed 3D file type developed by o2c Interactive GmbH (originally associated with Eleco Software). These files were historically widely used to display 3D furniture and architectural models on websites because their small size allowed for fast loading over slow internet connections.
However, .o2c files rely on a legacy ActiveX or Netscape plugin (the O2C Player) to be viewed, technology that modern browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Firefox have completely abandoned for security reasons. This proprietary lock-in is often a source of frustration: users often have valuable 3D assets locked in a format that cannot be opened by standard 3D editors like Blender or SketchUp.
To make these models usable again for 3D printing or modern web visualization, users typically need to convert them into standard interoperable formats. For editing and rendering, converting to OBJ or FBX is ideal. For 3D printing, the STL format is the standard target. For modern web use (WebGL/WebXR), converting to GLB or glTF is the best practice.
Convert.Guru analyzes your O2C file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted 3DS, OBJ, FBX, MAX, SKP, EMN, GSM and ELT files.
If you want to convert O2C file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use O2C Player or similar software from the "3D Object Visualization" 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 O2C, try O2C Player or another comparable tool in the "3D Object Visualization" 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 O2C converter.