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3MF Consortium Signs New Members 3D Systems, Materialise, Siemens PLM Software and Stratasys
The 3MF
Consortium, an industry association recently launched to develop and
promote a new full-fidelity file format for 3D printing, today announced
four new members:
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3D
Systems - a provider of advanced and comprehensive 3D digital
design and fabrication solutions, including 3D printers, software,
print materials and cloud-sourced custom parts
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Materialise
-- a provider of 3D printing software and services in a variety of
sectors, such as healthcare, automotive and consumer products
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Siemens
PLM Software -- a leading global provider of product lifecycle
management (PLM) and manufacturing operations management (MOM)
software, systems and services
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Stratasys
-- a leading global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing
solutions used to perfect product designs and prototypes and create
production parts with direct digital manufacturing
"The addition of 3D Systems, Materialise, Siemens (News - Alert) PLM Software and
Stratasys to our membership ranks further demonstrates the significant
industry momentum behind the adoption of 3MF," said Adrian Lannin, 3MF
Consortium executive director. "By participating in the 3MF Consortium,
our new members will ensure that their customers get all the advanced
capabilities and productivity benefits of the 3MF specification. We
welcome them and look forward to their contributions."
The 3MF Consortium was formed to close the gap between the capabilities
of modern 3D printers and outdated file formats. The 3MF specification
eliminates the problems associated with currently available file
formats, resolving interoperability and functionality issues, enabling
companies to focus more on innovation. The first version of the 3MF
specification is available now for download
at no charge.
About the 3MF Consortium Launched in 2015, the 3MF
Consortium is a Joint
Development Foundation project with the goal to define a 3D printing
format that will allow design applications to send full-fidelity 3D
models to a mix of other applications, platforms, services and printers.
The 3MF (for 3D Manufacturing Format) specification eliminates the
widespread issues with currently available file formats.
Members of the 3MF Consortium are: 3D Systems; Autodesk (News - Alert), Inc; Dassault
Systèmes, SA.; FIT AG/netfabb GmbH; HP; Materialise; Microsoft
Corporation; Shapeways, Inc.; Siemens PLM Software; SLM Solutions Group
AG; and Stratasys (News - Alert). The starting point for the Consortium's development
of the 3MF specification was Microsoft's donation of its 3D file format
work-in-progress. More information about the 3MF Consortium and the 3MF
specification is available at http://www.3mf.io.
Editors' Note: Supporting statements from
the new 3MF Consortium members are available upon request; write to [email protected].
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