Forbes

Microsoft Spearheads 3D Printing File Format: Introducing The 3MF

At the big 3D Print Week event last month in New York City, Hewlett-Packard (HP) alluded to a big announcement related to 3D Printing file formats. A week later, at the Build 2015 event, Microsoft ...
Hackaday

Josef Prusa Wants You To Change File Formats

Prusa encourages you to upload models in 3MF even if you also add an STL copy for people who haven’t made the switch yet. So will you start using 3MF? Or are you already? The file format is open, they ...
Forbes

With A New Executive Director, 3MF Strengthens The Digital Thread For Additive Manufacturing

The 3MF Consortium announced Duann Scott as its new Executive Director. This change of guard shows that the open source file format, conceived to add intelligence to simple geometries, has staying ...
Hackaday

PrusaSlicer Now Imports STEP Files, Here’s Why That’s A Big Deal

PrusaSlicer has a new feature: the ability to import a CAD model for 3D printing. Starting in version 2.5.0-beta1, PrusaSlicer can import STEP format 3D models. An imported STEP file is converted to a ...