3DMF

File Format
Name	3DMF
Ontology	Electronic File Formats 3D and CAD/CAM Models 3DMF
Extension(s)	.qd3, .3dmf, .3dm
MIME Type(s)	x-world/x-3dmf

3DMF (QuickDraw 3D Metafile) is the 3d scene interchange format for Apple’s QuickDraw 3D API. 3DMF files may be either plain-text or binary. An SDK was made available for both Apple’s Mac OS and Microsoft Windows 95.

Specifications

• Apple QuickTime 3D Meta file format specification

Example Files

• Great Buildings Collection
• Molecular Orbitals

Software

• Quesa 3D graphics library - supports binary and source-level compatibility with Apple’s QuickDraw 3D API.
• AlphaOmega 3DMF Viewer
• Geo3D 3DMF viewer
• 3DMF_OpenGL - source code for loading a 3DMF file and displaying it with OpenGL

Links

• Wikipedia page on QuickDraw 3D
• Geometric representation using QuickDraw 3D meta files
• QuickDraw 3D: A New Dimension for Macintosh Graphics
• 3D graphics programming with QuickDraw 3D
• Stefan Huber's 3DMF Links