Starting with Windows 10 Preview Build 21332, which began rolling out this week, when you do a clean install of Windows 10 the Paint 3D and 3D Viewer applications won’t be included by default.

1] 3D Viewer 3D Viewer is the default 3D file viewer app that you get in Windows 10. It lets you view 3D models of different formats such as STL, FBX, GLTF, OBJ, and other files.

Mixed Reality Viewer is now 3D Viewer, marking the app's second name change in a little over a year.

Microsoft has pushed out an update to the View 3D app for Insiders on the Skip Ahead portion of the Windows 10 Fast ring. As spotted by Italian blog Aggiornamenti Lumia, the update renames the app ...

Windows 10 3D Viewer As a place to store all those 3D object files that Microsoft thought people would be downloading, they created a '3D Objects' folder in each user's user profile directory.

As the Windows Blog confirms, the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build (21332) removes 3D Viewer and Paint 3D from the default app install list.

Microsoft is quietly retiring its Paint 3D Windows app. The app, which was launched in 2016, will no longer receive updates and will be removed from the Microsoft Store on November 4.

That didn't last long. By 2021, 3D Viewer and Paint 3D were removed from the default app install list on Windows 10, meaning you had to install it from the store.

Microsoft announced that the Paint 3D graphics app will be discontinued later this year and removed from the Microsoft Store in November.

We explain what is an STP/STEP file and how you can view STP files on your Windows 11/10 PC using free software or online tool.