What is the difference between .stl and .dwf?
- Extension
- .stl
- .dwf
- Category
- 3D
- CAD
- Developer
- 3D Systems
- Autodesk
- 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.
- Design Web Format (DWF) represents 2D/3D drawing in compressed format for viewing, reviewing or printing design files. It contains graphics and text as part of design data and reduce the size of the file due to its compressed format
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-pki.stl
- application/x-dwf
- Wikipedia
- .stl on Wikipedia
- .dwf on Wikipedia