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| Name | LightWave 3D Scene File | Rhino OpenNURBS |
| File extension | .lws | .3dm |
| Original software | LightWave | Rhinoceros 3D |
| Binary | ■ | ■ |
| ASCII | ||
| Polygonal | ■ | ■ |
| NURBS | ■ | |
| Solids | ■ | |
| Smoothing groups | ■ | ■ |
| Textures, materials | ■ | ■ |
| Developer/Owner | Newtek | Robert McNeel & Associates |
| Description | ||
| Specification | Lightwave SDK | OpenNURBS |
| Format features | LightWave scene. See also LWO | The format of the first NURBS-Modeling software for Windows. Is currently open, so there are converters from/to lots of formats |
| Viewing software | Deep View (free) | Deep View (free) |