Hi there,
I’m wanting to make a print that I can only find in “3mf” format. Does anyone know of a way to convert this to “stl” in Cura ?
In advance, thank you.
I don’t have Cura installed but I’m 99% sure Cura will open a 3mf.
If not Microsoft’s 3Dbuilder will open a 3mf and allow you to “save as” stl.
There are also numerous sites that will do the conversion “in the cloud”.
Thanks for the response. I’ve found the other conversion tools but was wondering if Cura could in someway convert instead of using a third application.
Your response is appreciated.
Cura doesn’t like 3MF files, if you load it..it will just say no model loaded.
If you have Orca Slicer installed, you can load the 3MF, then Export the file as an STL.
The same process can be repeated in Bambu Studio.
To me, this would be the best way. If you decide to buy a new printer in the future..you most likely will install one of these Slicers anyway.
Thanks for the advice.
I suspect I’ll download Orca Slicer and play around with it. What’s the learning curve like?
No, very easy.
Easier than cura and its thousand of hidden settings.
Actually coming from Cura is a big change..at least for me it was.
The main thing I miss from Cura are the Auto Speed settings…
if you change a speed setting in Cura, it will change all the related speed settings.
Orca & BS don’t do that, so I haven’t played around to much with those.
Expect it to take a few days to get used to where everything is.
Leave it to @cardoc to always try to prove I’m wrong.
I’ve never been able to open a 3MF in Cura…so that’s what I posted.
Reading the article says you might or you might not, you also might or might not have to install a Plug-in.
So basically, do whatever works for you to accomplish your goal.
But from myself & others that have used Cura…it is an issue.
I wasn’t trying to “prove” anything. Your post talked about other Cura features you miss in Orca and BS. I didn’t see where you said yes or no to .3mf in Cura.
My follow up reply to the OP an attempt to provide information that might help.
As I stated in my first reply I haven’t had Cura installed in at least a year and a half but I thought I remembered opening .3mf files with it.
OP: the conversion from STL to 3MF might not help you. The reason to prefer 3MF over STL is that 3MF is a newer format than STL, and it can contain more metadata about the model.
One example is that a 3MF file can contain a model that consists of multiple objects, allowing you to do multi-color prints easily for example.
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