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This page in a nutshell: Wikimedia Commons has upload capabilities for 3D files (like STL).

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COM:3D

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Current support

Commons currently enables upload of spatial media (other than geospatial data in tabular or map form) in a single media type, .stl^[a]; see Commons:Project scope/Allowable file types.

A growing category tree is developing for those files already uploaded, and at least one bot is doing imports. However, as the STL format was originally designed for computer-aided manufacturing (specifically, stereolithographic processes), the files are untextured and therefore cannot display colours or other modern material-rendering capabilities. Supporting other formats has been proposed.

Things to do:

model orientation (which direction is up, forward)
file size
performance
materials, textures, lighting, and appearance

Proposed expansions of support

Textured 3D

Main page: Commons:Textured 3D.

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3D animations

Animated 3D models

Main page: Commons:Textured 3D.

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Freedom of panorama

Note that because a 3D model has the potential to represent a 3D object with fidelity, 'freedom of panorama' concerns may or may not apply depending on jurisdiction. For more on this, see COM:UA.

Notes

↑ This refers to the binary format, not the ASCII format usually called STLA; it's easy to convert with software like Blender

Category:3D models Category:Commons essays

[1] This refers to the binary format, not the ASCII format usually called STLA; it's easy to convert with software like Blender

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