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| File Compression and Email Transmission | ||
| 3D Compression Technologies | Offers 3DCompress, a server-side application for preparing and compressing 3D object files, and 3DSee a freeware client-side 3D viewer for IE and Netscape browsers. Supports STL, PLY, 3DS, OBJ, LWO and other file types and runs on various flavors of MS Windows. | |
| Geometric Software (India) | eDrawings RapidFire Lite is for publishing eDrawings from STL files and sharing them for collaboration. It converts STL files to a compressed format that can be sent over email for reviews. Retrieve the STL file from the published eDrawings file by using "Save As STL" function. | |
| Google Mail | Offers up to 2.5 Gb of storage space for transmitting large files. However, you need to be recommended by a current user, or have a cell phone with text capability to verify your account. | |
| Lattice Technology, Inc. (Japan) | The company produces XVLŪ (eXtensible Virtual world description Language), a highly-compressed 3D data format for most popular CAD files. A plug-in allows XVLŪ files to be included within Adobe Acrobat pdf files. | |
| Materialise | STLzip compresses rapid prototyping files more compactly than zipping and is available as freeware. | |
| OpenRP | A non-profit initiative spearheaded by Floating Point Solutions which aims at offering the RP industry an alternative mode of data exchange while maintaining compatibility with the industry standard STL file format. The idea is to provide a file format with expandable properties and backward compatibility. OpenRP offers free software to read and write RP files, plug-ins for widely used CAD applications, STL to RP converters, and more. | |
| Russian Academy of Sciences | The Institution provides RP file compression and viewer programs.< | |
| TNO Industrial Prototyping (Netherlands) | Flash TL EngineerTM allows creation of 2D drawings from STL files and has STL file manipulation features such as editing, splitting, slicing, analysis, reduction and painting. | |
| ViewTec AG (Switzerland) | RapidView / MedView provide data conversion and preparation for rapid prototyping in addition to visualization and file compression. RapidView was developed for Silicon Graphics Workstations. | |
| YOUSENDIT | Free web-based service that permits files up to 1Gb to be sent by email. | |
