Change is Afoot Is STL destined to stay the dominant file format for 3D printing? Not necessarily. The industry is evolving in ways that require access to the original CAD data in addition to the ...

Part of the reason, as many 3D printing enthusiasts know or quickly find out, 3D printers have evolved beyond the ubiquitous and simple STL file format. 3MF is an XML-based data format ...

The Disarming Corruptor is a free piece of software designed to "corrupt" and "repair" an STL file used to 3D print. It's based on seven key values that can be tweaked to distort the file.