Thingport/docs/features/normalized-3mf.md

# Normalized MakerWorld 3MFs

Models on MakerWorld are Bambu Studio projects. Bambu Studio and OrcaSlicer open them fine, but other slicers often
lose the painted colours, the filament colours, the plates or the designer's print settings, or don't import some
parts at all.

For a MakerWorld 3MF, Thingport offers **Open normalized in <slicer>** next to the regular **Open** button when
your slicer is one of:

- PrusaSlicer
- Cura
- Creality Print
- Anycubic Slicer Next
- Elegoo Slicer
- Snapmaker Orca

It prepares a converted copy that keeps painted colours, filament colours, plates and the designer's print settings in
a form that slicer understands, then opens it. Your stored file is never changed. If a file can't be converted, use the
regular **Open** instead.

## Without Thingport

[Thingport Grab](../../extension/README.md), the browser extension, does the same on MakerWorld itself: its
**Download normalized** button converts a model in your browser, with no Thingport instance needed.