A better file format for 3D printing–AMF–now available

Posted by Leslie Langnau + on Sunday, June 26, 2011 · 2 Comments

The STL file format has been useful to translate CAD files into printable objects, but it limits design creativity. A new file format–AMF–has just been approved by ASTM F42. It offers more features than STL to meet the advanced capabilities of today’s additive manufacturing systems. I interviewed Prof. Hod Lipson (Cornell Univ.), Chair of the ASTM F42 committee in charge of AMF’s development about this new file format.

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Would this mean that material finish/coating data can be extracted from an AMF file w/out looking at a detailed drawing for that file?
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I’m not exactly sure how the program would do that, but my information is that it would be much easier to do so with AMF than with STL. You can download a version here http://creativemachines.cornell.edu/amf and give it a try.
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