At the big 3D Print Week event last month in New York City, Hewlett-Packard (HP) alluded to a big announcement related to 3D Printing file formats. A week later, at the Build 2015 event, Microsoft ...

The 3MF Consortium, which released its free initial core specification last year for a new 3D printing file format, has added two free extensions based on best practices. One makes it easier for ...

3MF is quickly replacing STL as the go-to file format for 3D printing, offering richer data, smaller file sizes, and better compatibility with modern slicers. It carries geometry, colors, materials, ...

The 3MF Consortium announced Duann Scott as its new Executive Director. This change of guard shows that the open source file format, conceived to add intelligence to simple geometries, has staying ...

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 3MF Consortium (3MF) ratified and released its Beam Lattice Specification Extension to its 3MF Core Specification today. The 3MF Beam Lattice extension is a new ...

Choosing the right 3D print file format can make or break your project. STL, OBJ, and 3MF each have unique strengths, from universal compatibility to embedded colors and metadata. Understanding their ...

In the beginning, there was the stereolithography file, commonly called the STL file. Although not very complex—it was essentially a collection of triangles—the STL provided a way to get data into ...