File Format Tips
Learn about the software that we have installed for all Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) members.
Use of software installed on PPM computers does not require any additional required training (Level 1).
Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.
File format tips
Links to related PPM Wiki pages:
G-code File Format Tips — "Geometry code"
- control automated machine tools, as well as for 3D-printer slicers
JSON File Format Tips — JavaScript Object Notation
- a human-readable document format for storing and exchanging data
STL File Format Tips — stereolithography
- a method to approximate the surface geometry of a 3D model
SVG File Format Tips — Scalable Vector Graphics
- a document format to reproduce 2D graphics
USDZ File Format Tips — Universal Scene Description
- an "ecosystem" for 3D objects and 3D worlds
Other file formats
Links on Wikipedia:
- 3MF — XML-based data format designed specifically for additive manufacturing
- ASCII art — "computer art form using text characters"
- DXF — Drawing Exchange Format, a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk
- GIF — Graphics Interchange Format, bitmap format that is also used for animation
- PDF — Portable Document Format, for publishing documents with text, graphics, and multimedia
- plist — Property list files are often used to store a user's settings
- PNG — Portable Network Graphics, raster format for images with or without transparency
- PostScript — page description language, and corresponding language interpreter from Adobe
- WebP — developed by Google as a replacement for other raster formats (faster)
- YAML — human readable language commonly used for configuration files
Hand-Curated Links
Links to related PPM Wiki pages:
- List of free and open-source software packages — on Wikipedia
Additional Help
- Use the PPM Slack channel #computing
- List of all PPM Slack channels
- Note that we have a Slack channel (#job-board) for members to post, discuss, or accept job opportunities either within PPM or from the community.
Search the PPM Wiki — include Content pages as well as Multimedia.
Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any information that is outdated.