{"id":20663,"date":"2015-05-01T03:24:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T03:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=20663"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:48:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:48:33","slug":"introducing-the-3d-manufacturing-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/introducing-the-3d-manufacturing-format","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the 3D Manufacturing Format"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-30-at-11.12.49-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20669\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 11.12.49 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-30-at-11.12.49-PM-625x234.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"234\" data-wp-pid=\"20669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-30-at-11.12.49-PM-625x234.png 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-30-at-11.12.49-PM-1024x384.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-30-at-11.12.49-PM-400x150.png 400w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-30-at-11.12.49-PM-800x300.png 800w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-30-at-11.12.49-PM.png 1264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may have heard the news that a new <a href=\"http:\/\/3mf.io\/\">3D Manufacturing Format (3MF<\/a>) was announced recently at Microsoft Build. We&#8217;re excited to have a part in this news and wanted to come here to tell you more about it. The announcement today was in regards to the 3MF Consortium we are a part of. Seven leading companies in the global 3D printing sector have come together and will release the 3FM specification, which allows design applications to send full-fidelity 3D models to a mix of other applications, platforms, services and printers. The first version of the specification is <a href=\"http:\/\/3mf.io\/what-is-3mf\/3mf-specification\/\">available now for download <\/a>at no charge!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re in great company as the other members of the 3MF Consortium are: Dassault Systemes S.A.; FIT AG\/netfabb\u00a0GmbH; Microsoft Corporation; HP; SLM Solutions Group AG; and Autodesk.\u00a0For additional background, the 3MF Consortium is a Joint Development Foundation project. The Joint Development Foundation is an independent non-profit organization that provides the corporate and legal\u00a0infrastructure to enable groups to establish and operate standards and source code development.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/323_rwd7kt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20668\" alt=\"323_rwd7kt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/323_rwd7kt-625x201.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"201\" data-wp-pid=\"20668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/323_rwd7kt-625x201.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/323_rwd7kt-400x128.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/323_rwd7kt.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">The mission is to deliver a 3D printing file format that is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rich enough to fully describe a model, retaining internal information, color, and other details.<\/li>\n<li>Extensible so that it supports new innovations in 3D printing.<\/li>\n<li>Practical, simple to understand and easy to implement.<\/li>\n<li>Free of the issues inherent in other widely used file formats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While modern 3D printers, including lower-cost models, are capable of printing items that are otherwise difficult to describe using existing formats it was definitely time for a change. The 3MF specification eliminates the problems associated with currently available file formats, like STL (which was originally designed in 1989!). It resolves interoperability and functionality issues, and will allow for further innovation in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds great, right?<\/p>\n<p>So how did this all start?\u00a0It all began with a discussion among industry leaders regarding the best way to enable all of our various products to work well together. The group determined that the best approach would be to create a\u00a0new 3D file format and support it through a collaborative effort with broad industry involvement.\u00a0Accordingly, Microsoft donated its 3D file format work-in-progress as the starting point for the\u00a03MF Consortium&#8217;s further development of the specification.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re honored to be a part of this amazing group and hope the 3D printing community is excited for what&#8217;s to come. 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