How does converting Blender to 3MF work?
In order to successfully convert an Blender formatted file to the 3MF format, our converter tools will perform several initial checks to ensure the file provided is indeed an Blender file. There are many files out there where the file type extension does not match the data contained within the file. Along with these file type checks, our tools will do additional checks to ensure the file is correctly formatted to match the provided file type. There are many tools out there that do not always create Blender files to the exact specification.
Take your Blender file
A Blender Blender file is a binary data file containing 3D data such as vertices, faces, normals, materials, animations, shaders, and other related data that make up the 3D scene. To guarantee efficient conversions, our tool will check all data that is contained within the Blender file and remove any information that is duplicated. This not only ensures the conversion completes more quickly, but also the generated 3MF file size is smaller. Our Blender to 3MF converter supports all versions of the Blender file format.
Along with the core data that makes up the 3D model, our tool will check the Blender file for the presence of texture coordinates to ensure any texture-based materials are converted correctly. Even if the texture files are not presented with the Blender file, our converter will preserve any texture coordinates when converting to the 3MF format.
Convert the data from Blender to 3MF
Now that the data from the Blender file has been processed, our tool can apply any conversion specified options, such as enabling Voxel mode, and with these applied, prepare the data to be converted to the final 3MF file format. Part of this process ensures checking the capabilities of the 3MF format and removing any data that cannot be represented.
Save to the 3MF format
At this point, the Blender to 3MF conversion tool will have the 3D model in a state that is ready to be transferred to the 3MF format. Our tool creates the 3MF file, ensuring all the model data is present and is formatted to match the 3MF file specification to ensure the file opens in compatible 3MF file editors.
If the Blender file contains texture images, these will be exported to a format that is compatible with the 3MF format. For most textures that are stored as JPG or PNG images, these are transferred with no changes. However, if there are other formats, such as TGA, these will be converted to a suitable format.
If an Blender texture does need to be converted to a different image file format, our tool will ensure the quality and resolution are not degraded during the conversion process.
