SOLIDWORKS® 2021 features extended graphical
support for 3MF files.
3MF is an industry consortium working to
define a 3D printing format that allows design applications to send full-fidelity 3D
models to a mix of other applications, platforms, services, and printers.
The following graphical items appear in SOLIDWORKS when you import 3MF
files:
| Items |
Graphics body |
Mesh BREP (open or closed) |
Classic BREP (solid or open) |
| Per-vertex coloring |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Per-facet coloring |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Decals |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Textures |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Transparency |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
The following graphical items are exported from SOLIDWORKS to the 3MF format:
- The color of procedural appearances
- Textures of all mapping types such as UV mapping, projection
mapping, cylindrical mapping, box mapping, and spherical mapping
- Transparency