Understanding 3D Printing File Formats

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Compound that with a myriad of different 3D printing technologies and it is easy to get overwhelmed and fall back to your old friend – the STL. Watch the on-demand webinar video below to learn about file formats: TriMech’s Lead 3D Printing Applications Engineer, Ricky Shannon takes a .STEP by .STP approach (yeah, I did that) and goes over the most common file types used in 3D printing. While he isn’t able to explore every obscure format out there, he does cover the most common file extensions exportable on leading modeling programs. Ricky takes the mystery out of when-to-use-what and maybe even debunks a few misnomers on the way. Try our on-demand 3D Printing Service to get your SOLIDWORKS CAD files built.

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