Many companies are now tripping on themselves to catch up with the world wide movement in 3d printing, here is an interesting artical.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2014/01/16/adobe-photoshop-adds-tools-for-3d-printing/

Windows 8.1 is now supporting 3d printers, artical here

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2013/11/15/microsofts-3d-builder-comes-to-windows-8-1/

You now can take photos of an oject and print them in 3d.

http://www.123dapp.com/catch

Interesting, I'll have to give the micro$oft 3D program on my 8.1 laptop.  Curious to see what files it recognizes.