Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-12
Open3DPP Gives 3D-Printing Materials a Shared Data Language
An open schema for describing FFF/FDM polymer materials, printing conditions, part geometry, mechanical properties, moisture response, and provenance.
Why it surfacedOpen3DPP defines 152 typed columns across eight blocks, joining slicer settings with measured material and specimen data in one analysis-ready record. Its draft specification also rejects a moving “latest” schema alias, favoring version-exact validation so downstream consumers do not silently break.
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Ice Does Not Count
August 12’s newborn domains include a rule-bound archive of enormous sodas, 27 family stories cut from one afternoon, a disaster-supply map with a 24-hour freshness rule, and an ocean bell that rings only when six conditions agree.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-12 Domain Arrivals issue.