STL files are a unique file format that is commonly used in the field of 3D printing. The STL file format was first introduced by Charles Hull in 1987, and since then it has become one of the most ...

The use of STL files become common in recent years with the democratization of additive manufacturing processes and also the advent of numerical technics in the medical field. These two technologies, ...

To overcome the various disadvantages of the STL format, several alternatives can be implemented. Faced with the loss of metadata, other file formats enriched with properties attached to facets or ...

With a new Additive manufacturing File Format (AMF) was to create a new standard for 3D printing. 31.08.2012 - Now that a number of CAD developers and manufacturers have agreed on a new format, the ...

What a let down. Part of this is due to shortcomings in the STL file format. There’s a newer format available, 3MF, and Josef Prusa and Jakub Kočí would like you to start using it. STL — short for ...

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 ...

STL files are everywhere. When there’s something to 3D print, it’s probably going to be an STL. Which, as long as the model is good just as it is, is no trouble at all. But sooner or later there will ...

Editing an AMF 3D model in Shapefish [Source: Avante Technology] A software tool to manage AMF 3D files is being developed. Hold on, “AMF”? Don’t you mean “3MF”? Nope. AMF. AMF is the ISO/ASTM ...