What is .3ds file extension?
.3DS is associated with ‘3D Studio’ by Autodesk Inc. it is used for 3D image format and consists of mesh data, material attributes, smoothing group data, bitmap references, viewport configurations, camera locations, and lighting information. Files with .3DS extension are stored in a binary file format which enables the files to load faster and make them smaller than the text-based file formats.
You can see a list of software programs here on www.easyfileopener.org that can open this file type so that you don’t need to search for it on the web. You can then open your file with this extension using a software listed below.