The Most Useless Windows Folder
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- Did any of you ever even open it once? 🤔
⇒ Become a channel member for special emojis, early videos, and more! Check it out here: th-cam.com/users/ThioJoejoin
▼ Time Stamps: ▼
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - When Was It Added?
1:10 - Why Was It Created?
2:13 - Paid 3D & 3D Viewer
2:31 - Paint 3D
3:51 - 3D Viewer
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
• My Gear & Equipment ⇨ kit.co/ThioJoe
• Merch ⇨ teespring.com/stores/thiojoe
• My Desktop Wallpapers ⇨ thiojoe.art/
⇨ / thiojoe
⇨ / thiojoe
⇨ / thiojoetv
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
“Windous 10” is my favorite operating system
It was so bloated 😭
seconded
XP is Love XP is Life XP is for ever!
Ah yes, the Windous 10.
Windows 7 is the GOAT
I definitely did use the 3D Objects folder!
I used the "Unpin" as well as the "Exclude from backup" options on it!
yep that's what I was looking for
I use it to store .stl files for 3d printing
Same
Oh you can do that?
I need to remember to do that
thanks for saying that
Accidentally put a 3D model of hero brine Steve and Alex in it
Paint 3D is very useful while waiting for a 2 hour delayed flight
How did u comment 19 min ago, while the video was posted 57 seconds ago 😮😮
I hv always ignored that folder to the point that I forget it exists
@@32bit15 Magic.
Channel membership
@@32bit15 channel members can comment early
He is probably a bot
Paint3D - and thus this folder, too - is great for taking PowerPoint animations to another level. As an English teacher, I once made a sci-fi themed museum trip presentation. Instead of just teetering an image of a spacecraft cockpit, I modeled the frame in Paint3D for more realistic 3D rocking in PowerPoint. I also had a picture of some closed doors inside the Louvre, so I cropped the pictures of the doors and placed them on "boards" in Paint3D, so that I could animate the doors as opening up before transitioning to the next slide.
Selecting overlaid stuff in Paint3D seemed almost impossible and PowerPoint is super limited in its animation options for 3D objects, but it already opens up many new possibilities like this!
W teacher. I wish there were more people like you.
nice
Ain't no way you call the folder that kick-started my current extensive interest in 3D, _useless_
You're part of a very very very very very small minority
😂😂 Nice!
@@4rumani Tiny but real minority. 😂
As a 3D artist with focus towards Blender and Substance Painter, I completely understand and I disagree with people seeing 3D as only being practiced by a small minority. These people calling it a small minority don't seem to know that 3D has gotten big over the last 10 years. For a long time it was a niche yet skilled profession that required college degrees in video games and CGI. Today, its a huge industry that consists of beginners, seasoned artists and hobbyists, all sharing knowledge on TH-cam and other sources to create indie games, indie films and unique 3D content.
Almost every mid to high quality phone has excellent options for 3D scanning and more people are 3D printing now than ever. With printers becoming more mainstream and providing higher quality results; 3D printing is now the number one method to produce a wide range of different products, medical applications, tools or demonstration pieces. e.g. I looked up an old GE fan knob for a specific model from 1970, and lo and behold, someone had a perfect scan available for printing.
This is exactly why Microsoft was encouraging 3D among Windows users by adding such folders, its because the future is actually leaving the majority of people behind. For example, most people don't realize that the internet, computers and technology in general evolves faster than our immediate needs. Its why AI is already considered a multi-billion dollar industry despite a majority of average people not knowing yet what to do with it; its about the potential of having the power to do advanced calculations regardless of the data to be processed.
In this case, Microsoft was just thinking ahead that more people would be into 3D printing and so they were supporting a new industry similar to the success of the original paper printer. Imagine everyone who has a computer, also having a 3D printer capable of instantly printing any plastic replacement part, special tools or clamps, the list goes on and on; the potential is massive, but it takes people to adopt the technology and learn to use it.
The more mainstream and cheaper that printers become, the more that people will find themselves buying one just to print random BS, and then people won't be able to live without one due to its usefulness to fix or replace something by just downloading a shared file. The same could be said about VR, AR, scanning, modeling or texturing; these things go together in shaping the future of how people interact with their computers and eventually with each other. Most of these companies are strongly embracing the technologies because they know the full potential.
In these very loosely quoted words of a past Sony CEO, "The customer does not know what they want. At Sony, we must think 10 years into the future to design a product people would want to buy today."
You and the 0,0x% of people?
I thought it was an ice cube folder to keep them cold 🥶
leh
That's where the system goes to hibernate
I love cold drinks, ice cubes and blue rectangular icons.
🧊🗂️ -3D- Cool Objects
I agree les go
I actually use the 3D objects folder, sometimes I design models for 3D printing and It's a great place to store them. But I can see It not being useful for most people, as most PCs are not used for 3D design.
Funny enough I also 3D model a lot, for both work and my own projects, but never used that folder for this purpose. All on their own project folders, and even some individual models I have a folder under my normal documents folder, tho that's a carryover from Windows 7 as well.
I recently got into 3D printing and created my own 3D objects folder on the desktop. I don't really use any of the windows provided folders though. I basically keep everything in folders and subfolders on my desktop.
🤓
Same! I use this folder even now in Win 11 for organizing all my 3D print files. :P
I use it all the time. It stayed in my system when I migrated from 10 - 11
3:37 I am the Target demographic for paint 3D. I have not once used it for making models.But it is very useful for combining flat images at different angles. It also has a nice image tone feature.
i just use it to remove backgrounds from images
yea I only played with it tiny bit, its good for beginners , but even then its hard to recommend, if your going into 3d modeling, and are intending to use programs like blender, the shortcut keys are a must to master, and I am unsure if using 3D paint will help/ hinder learning that.
i've actually used it for 3d modeling before :) the only problem with using it is the topology being really bad
I used it. Still use it. I use it for vr stuff too.
Vrchat models specifically for the most part.
I am nowhere near a professional 3d artist, but i found it very convenient
That's what I use it for!
I never thought of moving my stuff there lol
Of all the times I've opened this folder, none of them were on purpose
Same
the skinner pfp just makes your quote all the better 😂😂
@@thefanboy3285I'm currently visualizing Mr. Skinner alone in his office, double clicking 3D objects, muttering "dammit" and returning to work as usual
10/10 visualization would recommend
I used to use the 3D objects folder as my “homework” folder for a while lol. There was a pre-installed 3D file of a dinosaur and I kept everything else as hidden files.
Sometimes you just gotta view that "homework" in 3d.
Was the homework also 3D?
"Damn, that dinosaur model must be huge, look how big the 3D folder is!"
"Umm... yeah... totally, haha!"
@@kuroshiteyeah I couldn't use that folder for this purpose, as mine is mostly 2D
should've put them in a password-protected 7zip archive
or if you want to, put them in system32 > drivers
...or just don't save them
I do a lot of CAD work for personal projects, and I have found a lot of use from not only the 3D Objects folder, but also the lightweight 3D apps for quick and easy previews.
3D objects folder becomes the new champion of useless folders unseating the previous champion, the "My Briefcase" folder.
My Briefcase was actually a good "app", just ahead of its time. OneDrive essentially incorporates My Briefcase's features and expands upon them.
Holy shit I remember briefcases....
It's the best folder to keep your secret files from your parents lol. They never checks the 3D folder
Encrypt your stuff (via 7-Zip).
The “homework” folder
Nah, it's always the windows folder 😁
as a parent and owner of 2 3d printers i would like to say, good luck ;)
As a 3d modeler i. Never used that folder lol
I used it to store my 3d blender files bc the icon was cool and it was very convenient - still have the folder to this day on win 11
you can change the icon of any folder by:
right click > properties > customize > change icon
you can even make your own icons - you just need to convert your image to a very specific format
@@qu765 what's the point of creating your own folder for 3d objects and changing the icon instead of just using the built-in one?
I would really like to know how you got it back, I used to use it for random shit on my pc lol
@@KyeTypesKindaFastI cant really help you as it never got deleted for me when i updated from win 10 to 11 as it had files in it I think
@@franstimac Install Paint 3d --> klick on open Folder
Wow you just reminded me of this folder. Funnily enough I made my own folder for 3D objects awhile ago and just never thought of it
These video's are really fun to watch, really like these discussion video's about things everyone knew they existed but never knew why. Just like the Windows XP briefcase folder.
I used the "3d objects" folder to dump stuff that I didn't know where to dump. And regarding the 'Paint 3D' thing, I used it once to render a 3d model of an orange for my girlfriend during the pandemic, lol. Wild times.
i have also used 3d objects to dump stuff
same, it's full of random stuff
Wait, why did your pandemic girlfriend needed a 3d orange?
Who in the history of humanity thought that we as a dominant and civilized race would use legitimately the "pandemic girlfriend" phrase in the same sentence as "3d orange"? but also I think that the pandemic girlfriend really needed it, those were truly wild times...@@mora6821
A 3d orange? Damn dude, let's bring it down about 20 notches. We're getting a bit crazy here
I actually use it to store my 3d models...
I use the 3D Objects folder to store anything 3D. Blender files, other 3D files etc. Even though it may not be the most efficient (other documents of the same project are in Documents or Images), it makes sense to me.
That folder would have made sense if Microsoft had any longer term efforts and commitments. Like Google, they try something new and then just let it drift away until a competitor does it better.
I have used the 3D Viewer/Builder apps for viewing models for 3D printing (as you mentioned, it's lightweight and comes with Windows), but never needed the folder. Paint 3D just isn't very useful to me, though, as it's not as capable as even a simple 3D modeling tool like Tinkercad.
So I've never had a reason to use the Windows folder for models - there's just no reason to put things there and I haven't seen anything try to save there by default.
For me I think 3D Builder saved some work in that folder "3D Objects/3D Builder"
before i downloaded aseprite i used paint 3D because it was the only actual sprite program i had, and also because ms paint didnt have any transparency features
I still have the 3d object folder in windows 11 after updating from 10. But I use it to store my CAD models and 3d models for printing.
Windows probably detected you had stuff in it and decided not to delete the folder
I do exactly the same, STEP and STL files
Bot account and stolen comment 💀
@@TheActualHim You mean the video you didn't even watch? Lol, he said it's not useful/used by 99% of users which even Microsoft admits is true. Don't think so deeply into the video title.
@@TheActualHim WATCH. THE. VIDEO. ADAGAGQGQHWYSTWHWQGAHAHA
I actually use the 3d objects folder quite often, as I have dealt with exporting 3d models from games, and putting them in a dedicated folder is nice. Now, did I use it for stuff normal people do? No, as I was dealing with video game models.
As someone who does 3d printing, I genuinely do use this folder, although I changed the location of the folder to a drive instead of my user folder. I just like the icon.
Also the "3D Builder" app is great for someone who has zero training in 3D modelling
birb
I had a friend who own ironically used this and he moved all of his 3D print projects out of his documents folder when they added this. And when they took it away his stayed because he had stuff in it
my 3d objects folder still exists in windows 11 because there was a single zip file with a model of the starship enterprise i downloaded in there apparently
My PC still has it, even though I'm using the last version of Windows 10 (22H2). And was created on August 8th, 2015. The folder wasn't introduced in 2017 and wasn't removed in 2021.
I do a lot of 3D modelling so I actually use that folder a lot, it's nice to have an 'official' location for those files on my PC rather than some random subfolder in Documents.
I use the 3d viewer to quickly view and evaluate STL files for 3d printing. Don't own a printer myself, but the files regularly pass through my hands when asking friends to print something for me. But yeah, that is a very niece use case
same for game development. Checking fbx's have been exported correctly with this.
I do remember having those 3D apps preinstalled in early windows 11 updates.😂
I used the 3D one once and was fascinated by a 🐝
b e e
Same I also saw the default 🐝
Ok I’m not the only one who didn’t have anything else it could load
I actually always install them back after they are no longer pre installed. They are good for aiding 3D printing.
@@FlameRat_YehLon I did too but stopped after needing the space at the time I was using a tablet and the ability to enlarge and inspect had me amazed 😁
Thanks to that folder I discovered Paint 3D (and even made some detailed guns models) and later Blender, and now I'm some kind of 3D artist. And that's why I like that folder :D
I can’t remember which of the MS 3d apps it was, but I used to use it to fix mesh issues in 3D print files. It was superb! You just opened the file and it automatically detected any issues and asked if you wanted them fixed. worked every time.
The folder still shows with its icon if you had something in it. I used to spam random premade objects in the 3D viewer and paint 3d. That's what happens when you are very bored
Paint 3D is very useful to create transparent images if you can't download something like GIMP (e.g. at a school) since it came bundled with windows 10.
Regular paint now supports transparent images
@@joel2734on windows 11
the one nobody uses
I downloaded GIMP on my home computer and shipped it off to my school laptop via OneDrive. XD
Did this with Sublime Text, BlueJ, TurboWarp, IntelliJ, and possibly Godot in the near future to fuel my programming and game development addiction lol!
what if your school uses windows 8.1
@@rockpie what's wrong with them
I used that folder when I had my first PC and I loved playing with Paint 3D! The nostalgia is crazy!
Thank you for including proper subtitles!
If you export models from Blender for Unity or modding purposes or whatever, the folder could be useful. I was saving that stuff in my documents until I realized I can just use the literal 3D Objects folder MS added
How...is it any more useful than literally any other folder...I don't get the idea of pre-set folders for stuff. I'm going to put the things I want where I want them. A folder more or less deep into the folder tree is kinda more useless than a folder created directly on the drive, for example. It takes precious digits away from the name due to how file names and their limitations work.
@@kikixchannel It's more useful because it's there by default, because Windows gives it a neat distinct icon without me having to do shit, and because if software developers cared for it, they could be like: "hey, this default folder on Windows profile was designed to store the exact type of files our program works with ... let's use that as our default save directory instead of defaulting to Documents folder, because Documents folder contains more garbage than your local landfill."
As for file name limitations: unless you're giving your folders names that are at least thrice as long as they should be, there's very little chance of exceeding even the former "your full file path can't be more than 260 characters long" limit. However, for new Windows installs as of Win 10 1607, the path length limit was pretty much lifted, meaning Windows gets to enjoy the full path length supported by NTFS, which is 32000 characters long.
Unless you intend to dump entire works of Shakespear into your path name (255 characters at a time), you aren't going to run out of characters by placing files inside your user profile directory like you probably should.
@@kikixchannel THIS!
Who uses any of the default folders ither than downloads and pictures (only because stuff gets stored there automatically)
@@KUIJEN8659game and other app devs. At least depending on the game/app. Like i have some games from steam that put my saves by default to the documents folder. ClipStudio Paint has some stuff saved there (cant remeber what off top my head).
@@kikixchannel I think that those preset folders were meant to make Windows more welcoming for users of Unix-like operating systems such as macOS, Linux and some others that were popular in 90s, in which storing stuff in the root of the system drive generally isn't a good idea (storing stuff in root of other drives is okay though). And if the computer isn't used by a single user (e.g. single computer for a family or a computer for corporation), the user folder is extremely convenient, since instead of cluttering the root of the drive each user clutters only their own user folder
talk about briefcase too
Ah, the classic briefcase folder.
I experimented with it once, never really used it though
I remember as a child, the idea of a briefcase folder made much sense to me, but I might have misunderstood what exactly it was for.
Toooootally forgot about that wow
Yes! This thing Deserves a video!
@@dragons_advocate it was for keeping files in sync between a desktop and a laptop.
You could work on a document in your briefcase folder, and when you sync'd up both computers would automatically have the most up to date versions of each file.
I rememeber playing around with *Paint 3D* and *3D Viewer* back when I got my first Laptop in the COVID time.... thank you for reminding me of these times, really nostalic.
Nothing makes you feel older, as when someone refers a 4year old event as "nostalgic"
That 3D Paint program looks awesome - I've been needing a free hand 3D object app!
you forgot about one more 3D app
"3D Builder"
I actually once used this for fun lol
Inside my 3D Objects folder, I have the "3D Builder" folder, and inside of that 4 3MF files that I played around with
Basin.3mf
Chair.3mf
Man.3mf
Table.3mf
I honestly really like that program. I use it pretty often to prep a 3d print file before sending it to the actual slicer.
3d builder is nice for fixing holes and weird geometry automatically
Honestly I thought having it there was kind of cool. Basically just giving people a warm welcome into 3D objects making and stuff
I still use it! As someone who does a lot of modeling in CAD programs, having the folder has been a great use for me to quickly organize my 3D files!
I actually now have a use for this because I use a Windows PC, and have been downloading a mriad of 3D objects for my Apple Vision Pro, so it will be nice to have a basic 3D Object Viewer for when I'm not wearing the AVP. Joe, if you haven't checked out the AVP yet, you definitely should it's a really cool piece of tech!
i think part of it might be because initially paint 3d was bad and was also trying to replace paint.
I still have it, tho to be fair I have a windows 10 and not 11
3D Builder FTW.... I have created a lot of things in 3D Builder to print, I even fixed a baby gate latch that broke using a 3D-printed part engineered in the app.
I'm starting to think that ThioJoe totally forgot that the 3D printing community exists when making this video.
I never used this folder when it was an actual thing, but I do remember it, and I recently recreated it and even used the still-present icon, so that I had a nice place to store any files I designed or downloaded for 3D printing.
I did. I used it to organize my Blender saves in it. I also configured windows to make all those folders like that on my other drive instead of C: (Downloads, Photos, Music, Etc.) cause it will be easier to backup the second drive rather than backing up files not needed if I need to redo windows.
I never used the Folder but I have spend a lot if time messing around in Paint 3D 😅
I use Paint 3D as regular Paint alongside with regular Paint
Paint 3D is one of the first programs i saw on Windows (Even before regular paint!) Paint 3D has free Rotation but don't have layers. (I remember making a 3D object an tracing it on the canvas) Good times 😊
I remember throwing lots of files in that folder because I deal with a lot of 3D files for 3D printing. So I found this very interesting Thank you
I used my Samsung WMR headset to play hundreds of hours of SteamVR games. It was a really good way to get into VR on a budget back in the day. The software behind it actually worked really great, I wish it caught on more.
Fun fact if you install 3D viewer and view any of the 3D models you have click the mixed reality toggle
It will the. Show up in your camera click then use your hands in the camera to move or resize the 3D model in realtime
It will the
It will the
I was 11 when the Creators Update was released, and I was super hyped cuz "Wow, 3D!" I remember that time VR and AR looked like a big thing and were kinda everywhere. But today, uh...
I also were very hyped for VR and AR back in the day. Today I'm not hyped by them at all, but weirdly today I actually use VR quite often
I used to store "funny" or sometimes even important files in the 3d folder on the school computers. I knew no one was ever going to look inside of those except for me and since it's a premade folder no one deleted it.
omg I just remembered. I actually used Paint 3D exactly one time and it was for a first year undergrad course back in 2018. I needed to make a basic laptop and show roughly where the different components are for a technical report writing course. I remember it was pretty smooth to use and I thought it worked out pretty well for what I needed.
These are actually registry cubes, if you delete them, your computer is getting slower and start crashing
what
what
what (they're in c:\windows\system32\config)
that's true, but this is sooo useful for registry, if you delete it, the registry will not work well,@@rockpie
@@user-p4w5jnef5w6fu i meant that the registry cubes are i- *gets the joke*
oh
honestly i kinda vibed with the 3D viewer for taking screenshots of my models. the simple to use presets and camera views are quite handy for a quick shot.
Thanks for letting us know about Paint 3D and 3D Viewer
I used it to store 3d Print projects, Solidworks projects, and also for 3d assets to be used for power points. PP supported a suite of 3d manipulation tools that were cool.
my computer with windows 11 preinstalled came with the 3d object folder and 3d viewer. I use the folder for all the 3d files that I use to 3d print. I actually use that folder a lot more than I use the Pictures, Music, Videos, and Documents folders.
I am an avid and very active user of the 3D Objects folder. I even had to apply a registry hack to bring it back 2 years ago, but I find it very useful to store all my 3D printing projects there. I mainly work with OnShape professional but the Windows 3D viewer is an important part of my workflow to quickly review versions of STL files. It's fast, lightweight and reliable. Just like paint always has been. I'm more of a M$ hater overall, but at times they do create something useful.
Why do you talk like a Microsoft ad
@@Vexcenot Do M$ ads refer to M$ with a dollar sign? I'm sure they want to, but haven't seen one so far. Haven't seen any ads of them tbh, I should look that up. How else could I provide a counter argument, anyway? "3D folder gud bro"? And you only heard yourself talking in your mind when you read my words, I never said them. Thanks for the feedback.
4:40 Exactly this. During my photogrammetry workflow, there are alot of different models and textures generated. I use the Windows 3D viewer just like I would preview a texture or video file with the Windows media player. It automatically uses texture locations from the .gltf and .glb files and much easier than booting up Blender every time I want to preview a file
i have never used it but i find this fascinating. thanks man.
I actually just used the 3D part of 3D paint last night for one of my archaeology assignments. We had to analyze bones to make an estimation for age, ancestry, and sex, and my professor gave us a folder of the digital bones.
0:15 Windous
I used to use Paint 3D and 3D viewer a LOT as a kid(in 2017) but i never thought it would me this unnoticed
I definitely use this folder (and the default 3dviewer aswell to check if there is no problem with the final 3d export of an object)
4:41 LIGHTWEIGHT BABY 🔥🔥🔱🏋️♂️💪
🦎
A 5-minute video or an hour long one is okay
🐢
I JUST used it - to put some models that I had prepared for 3d printing. But I hadn't really realized it was there until now :P
The existence of the 3D objects folder never registered in my mind, I forgot it was there and never think about it.
I use it but i have windows 11. I made it myself
Paint3D is useless to be honest.
i use it
This video actually managed to be the reason i learned that you could change the windows general files folders (3D Objects, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, etc). Until now I've been using a file on a separate drive because i didn't want to clog up my C drive with 3d Models that i make.
useful for people who do 3D printing - I think you could print direct from there. Also if you wanted to quickly check a model you were about to print
there was a game, townscaper, where you would build a little town, and it had the option to export the town as a 3D model, i always wondered what it would be like to 3D print it but i have no printer so i never did, but i did export it to see what it would look like
At my job, we started 3D printing around the time when Windows 10 came out, so my office pc is one of the rare cases where the 3D Objects folder is actually used for its purpose.
As part of their 3D creator "fad", Microsoft also included 3D Builder, which I sometimes use to put embossed logos on objects in .STL format.
I actually did usevthis folder when I bought a 3d printer in mid 2020. It was a pretty handy, pre labeled place to put all of the STL files i wanted to print.
feel like this is the start of providing basics for 3d printing. same as 3d version of documents and 'word.'
When using a 3d printer, thise have been useful quick verification tools for what file is what.
Also build a few basic objects in it. When it is only a fundamental shape or 2. Almost flat rectangles of various thickness are surprising useful.
Because I have a Mixed Reality headset, I used a lot of the 3D objects library to make customize my home environment. I spent hours creating a winter environment and I was really proud of it.
i remember when i was a kid i was using that built in 3d viewer on windows 10, and i did use that folder, but there is also an "Offline Web Pages" which is straight out of Windows 9x. i don't use it (or its probably system files deep in system32 or other important files that nobody looks at)
Well 3D objects are still created even without VR/AR being commonly used. People still use Blender and other 3D software and make files in that. It makes sense to save that in the 3D folder than the generic Documents folder.
There is no link to that Chrome video you mentioned...
I guess I'll go dig through your channel for it? Most people wouldn't, especially if this was their first ever video of yours they watched, which it was for me.
i used used the 3D viewer about 10 times for looking into 3d models for printing if Cura was actually busy. I was also lucky to be able to play arround with the VR headset from lenovo at work as the company i worked for at the time is a lenovo retailer and got that for knowing it (maybe for future customersupport where i worked) but that never happend.
I used 3D Builder a lot in 2020, and even made most components for an Android-powered mini arcade cabinet, which I ordered from Shapeways (maybe for too much money, but I had also recently got my first job and was being paid extra due to Covid)
the 3D viewer is actually really useful in that it has a preview for .obj files in the preview pane on the windows explorer, meaning you don't have to open any program to see the model
Funnily enough I actually did use this folder as I use Blender a whole lot. I sorta forgot it existed though, so it's mostly old stuff. It's still there though!
I actually used the 3D viewer often to correct errors in the RGL exporter (or misc3d library) in R - for 3D printing. My company isn't a big fan of spending money on tinkerers so this came in handy and through it I discovered 3D Paint, which is to Maya what Windows Paint is to GIMP or Photoshop...very basic.
As for 3D printing it does support vertex color in the handful of printing formats there were (which oddly enough is difficult to work with across editors and exporters), doing away with much texturing.
I've always wondered what that purple folder icon was for (Win 11). Yeah, I remember the one in Win 10, but it looked different, not purple.
Anywho, that folder icon in Win 11 (the purple one) is the one I use for my Archives folder, where I store archived data such as backups, app setups, game roms, and other such data, typically in RAR containers.
3D viewer is very useful when you do 3D printing. Being able to view model before opening slicer or trying to find some 3D models.
I used it quite a lot actually.
i actually use that folder to store my STL files for 3d printing since i study architecture and like to print my models :)
It was a little weird when it first came out, but eventually I started getting a crap load of 3d minis and other misc stls and stuck them in there.
I used it as my Dropbox root folder.
It was hard but I did managed to change it's name to "Dropbox" and then it was quite helpful as every time I opened File Explorer, the Dropbox folder was there readily available with a single click.
Never knew what they were for but frankly this makes me want to try Paint 3D out now
I use it all the time as a quick storage or launch folder. I love it.
There were game demo disks in the 90s where you navigated a 3D spaceship and launched games by clicking a screen, that was badass
They were called Games for Windows 95 sampler discs
I use 3d-viewer regularly to check my fbx model files. it's a handy tool to see if I exported my object correctly or if something with the vertices went wrong again.
I use it to store stl files from thingiverse that I want to 3D print lol, I didn't even know about paint 3D but now maybe I'll have to try it cause it looks a lot easier to use than autodesk. I also didn't know that windows mixed reality was such a niche thing, I've got a WMR headset secondhand from a friend and I love it. Just straight out of the box you've got a nice house where you can move around the furniture, place decorations from the 3D objects library, and a bunch more stuff. It's super fun, even though I mostly use the headset for playing beat saber
I remember using it when it first showed up, but that was on my old laptop. Surprisingly... my new laptop that I got around 2021 has it. It's empty, but it's interesting that it's there