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 ...

Despite an anemic 2015 in the 3D printing world, economic predictions for the industry's overall growth remain bright. But in the eyes of large businesses with a stake in the expansion of the 3D ...

A new 3D printing (3DP) file format specification has just been released by a new consortium of heavyweights in software, plus 2D printer leader and 3D printer hopeful Hewlett Packard, metals 3D ...

There are many 3D file formats, out of which STL is the most widely used format. If you ask 3D printing practitioners around you which format they use, you will most probably get ‘STL’ as the answer, ...

3D Manufacturing Format or 3MF is an open source file format standard developed and published by the 3MF Consortium to replace the legacy STL format. It is an XML-based data format designed ...

Zubyan is a certified PCHP and Google IT Support Professional. The SKP file format is a proprietary 3D modeling file format used by the SketchUp design software. The SKP file type can include many ...

Unable to represent some complex 3D models. glTF is designed for representing polygonal meshes and does not have native support for NURBS or CAD data. Limited support for custom attributes and vertex ...

In this Special Focus Issue, we look at how generative design is being leveraged in engineering workflows. Articles include AI-powered design, workstation considerations, natural language prompts for ...