[Accessibility] File formats for 3D printing or rendering

Daniel Hänßgen daniel.haenssgen at googlemail.com
Fri Mar 9 10:53:34 GMT 2012


Hi

2012/3/9 Annette Thurow <Lulu-Ann at gmx.de>:
>
> VRML is STL plus color information.
> Both are XML formats that contain 3D coordinates of triangles that represent the surface of objects plus an orientation bit (Which side is outside, which inside).
Those two have nothing to do with XML.
Where did you found, that VRML is based on STL?

Maybe you can use VRML for 3D printers, but VRML can contain a lot of
additional information that a 3D Printer cannot use. (e.g. LOD,
Illumination Model, etc.)

Regards
Daniel



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