<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422666983805_3278"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422666983805_3318">I don't post often, but the X3D folks are always in my thoughts. Thanks, Don.</span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422666983805_3316" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422666983805_3315" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422666983805_3314" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422666983805_3313" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422666983805_3317" size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Don Brutzman <brutzman@nps.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> X3D Graphics public mailing list <x3d-public@web3d.org>; Cad3D working group <Cad@web3d.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:44 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [x3d-public] Blender 3D Printing Essentials: Exporting your 3D object<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422666983805_3335" class="y_msg_container"><br>Blender 3D Printing Essentials by Gordon C. Fisher, Packt Publishing, 2013<br><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422666983805_3336" href="https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/blender-3d-printing/9781783284597/ch04s04.html" target="_blank">https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/blender-3d-printing/9781783284597/ch04s04.html</a><br><br>> Exporting your 3D object<br>><br>> There are two kinds of files for exporting Blender objects to be printed in 3D; STL files and X3D files. A few 3D printer companies offer plugins that export Blender files to their website as well. STL files do not carry any color information. Your color comes from the color material that is chosen as I mentioned in Chapter 1, Designing Objects for 3D Printing. The pencil cup is an example of this. No material was ever specified. It takes its red color from the plastic chosen for printing. *X3D files are really interactive 3D file formats; they carry color information and 3D printing bureaus accept them for printing.*<br>><br>> When I am getting ready to export an STL or X3D file for 3D printing, I like to put the object(s) to be printed ...<br><br>*emphasis added*<br><br>all the best, Don<br>-- <br>Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br <a ymailto="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu" href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">brutzman@nps.edu</a><br>Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149<br>X3D graphics, virtual worlds, navy robotics <a href="http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman" target="_blank">http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>x3d-public mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org" href="mailto:x3d-public@web3d.org">x3d-public@web3d.org</a><br><a href="http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org" target="_blank">http://web3d.org/mailman/listinfo/x3d-public_web3d.org</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>