3D Printing Sample

  • Code Sample
Browse code Download ZIP

Shows several tasks for 3D printing and editing the 3MF file type.

Note: This sample is part of a large collection of UWP feature samples. You can download this sample as a standalone ZIP file from docs.microsoft.com, or you can download the entire collection as a single ZIP file, but be sure to unzip everything to access shared dependencies. For more info on working with the ZIP file, the samples collection, and GitHub, see Get the UWP samples from GitHub. For more samples, see the Samples portal on the Windows Dev Center.

Specifically, this sample shows how to:

  • Create a 3MF printing package programmatically
  • Create a .3mf file from XML data
  • Load a 3MF printing package from a .3mf file
  • Repair a model to make it printable
  • Save a 3MF printing package to a .3mf file
  • Launch the 3D print dialog
  • Open a file in the 3D Builder app

System requirements

Client: Windows 10 Version 1511

Phone: Windows 10 Version 1511

Build the sample

  1. If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
  2. Start Microsoft Visual Studio and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
  3. Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file.
  4. Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.

Run the sample

To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.