Extract text from Voxel models (VXM)
To convert VXM models to another format, you need VoxelMax or other 3D software.
To convert other file formats to the "Voxel & Volumetric Data" file type, you need software like VoxelMax or a similar tool.
A .VXM file typically serves one of three highly specialized purposes: a voxel model file for games and 3D art, a volumetric data exchange format for scientific X-ray microscopy, or a compressed 3D CAD model for building design. Voxel models are heavily used in software like VoxelMax and VoxEdit for The Sandbox metaverse. Volumetric X-ray Microscopy files are generated by Volume Graphics GmbH software, such as VGStudio Max, to store complex internal scan data. Finally, Vertex Systems uses the .VXM extension for 3D building models.
The primary disadvantage of the .VXM format is its proprietary nature and specialized data structure. Voxel and volumetric datasets do not store 3D data as standard polygons (like triangles or quads). Instead, they store data as 3D pixels (voxels) or dense point clouds with internal density values. This makes the files exceptionally large and completely incompatible with standard 3D web viewers or traditional CAD software. To use this data in a standard 3D pipeline, users usually need to convert these files to widely supported formats like OBJ, GLTF, STL, or FBX.
Converting .VXM files presents major challenges. Translating a voxel grid into a standard polygonal mesh often results in heavy files with poor edge flow, and exporting volumetric X-ray data to a surface mesh strips away all internal density information. Because these are closed, proprietary formats, most standard online converters fail to process them. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data into a usable format.
Despite these limitations, convert.guru offers a practical workaround. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. We analyze the file signature to determine exactly which type of .VXM you have. For example, some .VXM files from Vertex Systems are actually standard GZIP compressed archives. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing the internal structure, extracting text, or triggering a direct conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VXM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert VXM file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use VoxelMax or similar software from the "3D Voxel and Volumetric Models" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to VXM, try VoxelMax or another comparable tool in the "3D Voxel and Volumetric Models" 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 VXM converter.