- Extension
- .stl
- .3mf
- Category
- 3D
- 3D
- Developer
- 3D Systems
- 3MF Consortium
- Description
- Stl is the standard 3D data transmission file format mainly used for 3D printing. STL contains surface geometry descriptions of 3D objects and it uses a series of triangles to describe the surface geometry of a 3D model.
- 3mf is an additive manufacturing XML-based file format. 3mf files hold data on color, material, and all other details that can't be stored in the STL format.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-pki.stl
- application/vnd.ms-package.3dmanufacturing-3dmodel+xml
