> On Oct 15, 2024, at 4:08 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>> 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
"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
