View PWMX files in your browser
The file Anycubic's Photon printers print from, named for the printer it's for. Open one right here and see the print before it cures. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your print opens in 3D, rebuilt from its layers, with a bar under it to build it up layer by layer and the slicer's picture and settings beside it.
- The layer bar • Build it up, the cut at each layer lit
- Inspect • The layer as the screen lights it, and its exposure
- Its size, layers, resin and print time
- Export • Layers as PNG or ZIP, STL and PNG
About PWMX
Anycubic's Photon Workshop slices for its Photon resin printers and names each file for the printer it's for: PWS for the Photon S, PWMX for the Mono X, PWMA for the Mono 4K, PM3 for the M3 and on through the M5. All share one layout that starts with ANYCUBIC: a header of the exposure, lift and layer height, the slicer's picture, and each layer as a picture of what the screen lights, its pixels in runs.
The printer reads the file from its USB stick, and nothing built into Windows, macOS or phones opens one. Photon Workshop, Chitubox and UVtools show one on a computer.
Filepeek reads the layers in your browser and rebuilds the print in 3D from them. Drag the bar under it to build it up layer by layer, the cut at that layer lit, and Inspect shows the layer as the screen lights it, with its exposure, and the job's resin, print time, layer height and printer. Export saves the layer as PNG, every layer as a ZIP, the print as STL and the slicer's picture.
Photon Workshop file
.pwmx • .pws • .pw0 • .pwx • .pwmo • .pwms • .pwma • .pwmb • .pmsq • .pmx2 • .pm3 • .pm3m • .pm3r • .pm4n • .pm5 • .pm5s
Format
- MIME type
- application/octet-stream
- Made by
- Anycubic
Inside the file
- Layers
- A picture of the screen each, its pixels in runs
- Exposure
- Seconds a layer, longer for the bottom layers
- Picture
- The slicer's preview of the print
- Settings
- Layer height, lift, resin and the printer's screen
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens Photon Workshop files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, whichever Photon they're for. On their own, browsers download them, and Windows, macOS, iOS and Android need Photon Workshop or UVtools to look inside one.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open PWMX
- WindowsPhoton Workshop, Chitubox and UVtools
- MacPhoton Workshop, Chitubox and UVtools
- iPhone and iPadNo app built in opens it
- AndroidNo app built in opens it
Questions
Why are there so many extensions?
Photon Workshop names a file after the printer it's sliced for, so the printer only offers files it can print. Inside they're one format, and Filepeek opens any of them.
Can I check a print before it goes to the printer?
Yes. Drag the bar under the print to build it up layer by layer and see what each layer cures, with its exposure in Inspect, so a part that starts in midair or a missing support shows before you print.
Can I get the model back as an STL?
Yes. Export's Save as STL writes the print rebuilt from its layers, as fine as the screen's pixels and the layer height. It holds the supports too, so the model you sliced is the better start for changes.
Can I print a PWMX on another Photon?
Not as it is: the screen's size and pixels differ from one printer to the next. Slice the model again for that printer, or convert the file in UVtools.