---
name: "draco_decoder"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "draco"
version: "1.5.6+dfsg-3+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/draco_decoder"
---

# draco\_decoder(1)

decompress 3D geometric meshes and point clouds

## NAME

draco\_decoder - decompress 3D geometric meshes and point clouds

## SYNOPSIS

**draco\_decoder** **-i** ***input*** \[**-o** *output*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Draco is a format for efficient compression of 3D graphics data such as geometric meshes or point clouds. **draco\_decoder** is the decompression tool.

The following options are available:

- **-i** ***input***

  input file name in **.drc** format

- **-o** ***output***

  output file name

The output format is inferred from the output file extension, and can be either **.ply** or **.obj**.

## SEE ALSO

[**draco\_encoder**(1)](/draco_encoder/1.md), [**draco\_transcoder**(1)](/draco_transcoder/1.md)