3D Manufacturing Format

3D Manufacturing Format
Filename extension .3mf
Developed by 3MF Consortium
Initial release 29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)
Latest release
1.2.1
(1 March 2018 (2018-03-01))
Container for 3D printing data
Contained by Open Packaging Conventions
Extended from ZIP, XML, STL
Open format? Yes
Website 3MF Specification

3D Manufacturing Format or 3MF is a file format standard developed and published by the 3MF Consortium.[1][2]

3MF is an XML-based data format designed for using additive manufacturing, including information about materials, colors, and other information that cannot be represented in the STL format.[3][4]

As of today, CAD software related companies such as Autodesk, Dassault Systems and Netfabb are part of the 3MF Consortium. Other firms in the 3MF Consortium are Microsoft (for Operating system support), SLM and HP, whilst Shapeways are also included to give insight from a 3D Printing background.[5] Other key players in the 3D printing and additive manufacturing business, such as Materialise, 3D Systems, Siemens PLM Software and Stratasys have recently joined the consortium.[6] To facilitate the adoption, 3MF Consortium has also published a C++ implementation of the 3MF file format.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "3MF Website". 3MF. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ↑ https://www.3printr.com/3mf-consortium-releases-new-3d-printing-file-format-5228822/
  3. ↑ "What is 3MF?"
  4. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2015/05/28/microsoft-spearheads-3d-printing-file-format-introducing-the-3mf/#3a4815e8493b
  5. ↑ "3MF Consortium Launches to Advance 3D Printing Technology". Business Wire. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "3MF Consortium Signs New Members 3D Systems, Materialise, Siemens PLM Software and Stratasys"
  7. ↑ https://github.com/3MFConsortium/lib3mf
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