15 Oct
2024
15 Oct
'24
8:36 p.m.
On Oct 15, 2024, at 4:08 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from" -
Andrew Tanenbaum.
That applies in spades to 3d model files; I've been amazed at the number of formats
FreeCAD3d knows about and tries to import (mostly quite poorly).
paul
I'd like to suggest that anyone distributing
3D models for 3D printing,
please include a STEP file. STLs are mesh based (at least that's how they
load into Fusion 360) and by default you can't align objects to them or
perform other standard operations. I include STEP, STL and F3D (Fusion
source) file formats in all my posts on Thingiverse, Printables, etc.
because my goal is to let people modify them as they need.
If you are using a tool that generates STEP files that sounds great
but I do all of my design in OpenSCAD so you get STLs from me. Any
STEP files would have to come out of a converter.
I do recommend if you use OpenSCAD, please publish the source files
with the STL.
-ethan