What is the difference between .stl and .bmp?
- Extension
- .stl
- .bmp
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- 3D
- Raster Image
- Developer
- 3D Systems
- Microsoft
- 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.
- A BMP file is an uncompressed raster image comprised of a rectangular grid of pixels. It contains a file header (bitmap identifier, file size, width, height, color options, and bitmap data starting point) and bitmap pixels, each with a different color.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-pki.stl
- image/bmp
- Sample
- sample.bmp
- Wikipedia
- .stl on Wikipedia
- .bmp on Wikipedia