What is the difference between .stl and .png?
- Extension
- .stl
- .png
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- 3D
- Raster Image
- Developer
- 3D Systems
- PNG Development 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.
- A PNG file is an image file stored in the Portable Network Graphic (PNG) format. It contains a bitmap of indexed colors and uses lossless compression, similar to a .GIF file but without copyright limitations. PNG files are commonly used to store graphics for web images.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-pki.stl
- image/png
- Sample
- sample.png
- Wikipedia
- .stl on Wikipedia
- .png on Wikipedia