What is the difference between .stl and .u3d?
- Extension
- .stl
- .u3d
- Format
- Text
- Category
- 3D
- 3D
- Developer
- 3D Systems
- 3D Industry Forum
- 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.
- Universal 3D (U3D) is a compressed file format standard for 3D computer graphics data.
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.ms-pki.stl
- application/vnd.hzn-3d-crossword
- Sample
- sample.u3d