.3MF file signature
A 3D Manufacturing Format file begins with the bytes 50 4B 03 04 (PK.. in ASCII) at the start of the file. The signature is the same whatever the file is named, which is why a renamed or extensionless 3MF file is still recognisable.
Signature
| Offset | Hex | ASCII |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 50 4B 03 04A ZIP archive (Open Packaging Conventions) with 3D/3dmodel.model inside. | PK.. |
MIME type: model/3mf · usual extensions: .3mf
How to check a file's signature
Without installing anything: drop the file on our detector. It reads the bytes in your browser and shows the hex dump alongside the verdict; nothing is uploaded.
macOS and Linux (Terminal):
xxd -l 32 file.3mf
file file.3mfWindows (PowerShell):
Format-Hex -Path file.3mf -Count 32If the bytes do not match
A file named .3mf whose first bytes are something else is not a 3MF file. The common explanations are a wrong or deliberately misleading extension, a download that saved an HTML error page instead of the file, or a container such as ZIP wrapping the real content. The detector reports what the bytes say; the 3MF guide explains what a genuine file should contain.