About Drag and Drop Support

Drag and Drop Support extends Blender’s built‑in drag‑and‑drop import system and adds handling for a wide range of model and scene formats. When a file is dropped onto Blender, the add‑on selects the correct importer. Supported formats include 3mf, abc, bvh, dae, fbx, glb, gltf, obj, ply, pmx, stl, svg, usd, usda, usdc, vrm, x3d and wrl. Some formats rely on companion add‑ons: 3mf requires Blender 3MF Format, pmx requires MMD Tools, vrm requires the VRM Add‑on, and x3d requires Web3D X3D/VRML2 on Blender versions above 4.4. The dae format is unavailable in Blender 5.0 and later because Collada was removed. Version 1.3.0 adds detection of third‑party FileHandler add‑ons to avoid conflicts. The add‑on requests a single Files permission to import models and is compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer. It is released under the GNU GPL v3.0 or later and has been downloaded over 44,000 times.

Features

• Drag-and-drop importing across formats including fbx, obj, glb, gltf, stl, ply, usd, svg, abc, bvh and wrl
• dae import not supported in Blender 5.0 and later due to Collada removal
• Optional format support through companion add-ons: 3mf (Blender 3MF Format), pmx (MMD Tools), vrm (VRM Add-on for Blender)
• x3d import via Web3D X3D/VRML2 on Blender versions above 4.4
• Detection of third-party add-on FileHandlers to prevent conflicts (version 1.3.0)
• Single Files permission used to import models from disk

Best for

Blender users who frequently drag external model files into the viewport and need broad format coverage, including fbx, obj, glb, usd, stl, vrm and others.