Name | JT Open CAD File | STereoLithography |
File extension | .jt | .stl |
Original software | ||
Binary | ■ | ■ |
ASCII | ■ | |
Polygonal | ■ | ■ |
NURBS | ■ | |
Solids | ||
Smoothing groups | ■ | |
Textures, materials | ||
Developer/Owner | Siemens | |
Description | ||
Specification | www.jtopen.com | The StL Format |
Format features | Open lightweight format of three-dimensional data | One of the most ubiquitous exchange formats polygonal geometry between CAD-systems. Can have both binary and ASCII-structure, which is why the same file can vary in size tenfold. See also PLY |
Viewing software | JT2Go (free), eDrawings RapidFire Lite 2011 (free) | GLC_Player (free), MeshLab (free) |