What is the difference between .stl and .dae?
- Name
- Stereolithography
- Collada
- Extension
- .stl
- .dae
- Category
- 3D
- 3D
- Developer
- 3D Systems
- Khronos Group
- 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.
- The Collada file format was developed to permit cross-platform collaboration when using different design applications. DAE is an open-source format that uses the XML-based schema allowing it to effectively transverse across multiple programs.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-pki.stl
- model/vnd.collada+xml
- Sample
- sample.dae
- Wikipedia
- .stl on Wikipedia
- .dae on Wikipedia