Filename extension .3mf Container for 3D printing data | Developed by 3MF Consortium | |
Initial release 29 April 2015; 21 months ago (2015-04-29) Latest release 1.1
(24 February 2016; 11 months ago (2016-02-24)) Contained by Open Packaging Conventions | ||
3D Manufacturing Format or 3MF is a file format developed and published by the 3MF Consortium.
3MF is an XML-based data format designed for using additive manufacturing, including information about materials, colors, and other information that cannot be represented in the STL format.
As of today, CAD software related companies such as Autodesk, Dassault Systems and Netfabb are part of the 3MF Consortium. Other firms in the 3MF Consortium are Microsoft (for Operating system support), SLM and HP, whilst Shapeways are also included to give insight from a 3D Printing background. Other key players in the 3D printing and additive manufacturing business, such as Materialise, 3D Systems, Siemens PLM Software and Stratasys have recently joined the consortium.