16 Oct
2024
16 Oct
'24
7:03 a.m.
On Tue, 15 Oct 2024, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:25?PM Anders Nelson via
cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
This is what I wanted to write, too.
I don't know STEP files, and while I can import STL files into the slicer,
I can't modify them, just position and scale.
So yes, *if* someone publishes 3D models e.g. on Thingiverse, _include_
then sources! OpenSCAD is a great tool.
Christian
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
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.