Engineering

Importing and Editing STL Files in SOLIDWORKS

STL (stereolithography) file types are commonly used in CAM and 3D printing, but are unfortunately difficult to work with in SOLIDWORKS. When opening an STL file, the software crash completely. Other ...
Hackaday

Josef Prusa Wants You To Change File Formats

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 ...
SlashGear

3D Print File Types Explained: What Are They, And What's The Difference?

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 ...
Forbes

Microsoft Spearheads 3D Printing File Format: Introducing The 3MF

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 ...
Hackaday

PrusaSlicer Now Imports STEP Files, Here’s Why That’s A Big Deal

PrusaSlicer has a new feature: the ability to import a CAD model for 3D printing. Starting in version 2.5.0-beta1, PrusaSlicer can import STEP format 3D models. An imported STEP file is converted to a ...
TweakTown

Netfabb's .STL file cloud repair service is now Microsoft Model Repair

3D printing enthusiast world wide have at some point used Netfabb's cloud service to repair .STL files that were not solid meshes and not manifold. Over the last few years the service's popularity has ...
Engineering

Importing and Editing STL Files in SOLIDWORKS

STL (stereolithography) file types are commonly used in CAM and 3D printing, but are unfortunately difficult to work with in SOLIDWORKS. STL (stereolithography) file types are commonly used in CAM and ...