As rapid-fire advances enrich the 3D-printing landscape, file formats have to keep pace to support these changes, or there’s a risk of neutralizing further progress. In the beginning, there was the ...

This has been a year not so much to look back on, as to move on from, nonetheless a little reflection won’t hurt. We’re taking advantage of this holiday to roundup some of the most influential 3D ...

Stereolithography (STL) is the oldest and most popular format for 3D printing files. But an influential group that believes STL’s long reign should end has been pushing an alternative called the 3D ...

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 ...

When speaking about 3D printing file formats, it can be easy to think that STL is the only one, especially if you do not work in the industry. But that is far from the case. From 3MF to AMF, among ...

3D Insider is ad supported and earns money from clicks, commissions from sales, and other ways. 3D printing has certainly evolved from being something that can only be done using expensive, industrial ...

You will encounter different file formats while working on 3D printing projects. Each format has its own characteristics, which make each file format different from the other formats. Some formats are ...

3D Insider is ad supported and earns money from clicks, commissions from sales, and other ways. The 3D printing industry is quite unique in that it suffers from way too many file formats. This mainly ...

3D printing is a surprisingly complicated hobby. Those who wish to successfully master the art need to know about the different file types that their digital blueprints can be saved to. Even those who ...