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It's a very old (1980s) file format that is good for 3D printing but not so good for machining or molding. It saves the geometry as facets and not as "faces" so
by alvern 10y ago
It's a very old (1980s) file format that is good for 3D printing but not so good for machining or molding. It saves the geometry as facets and not as "faces" so it is pretty limited in making something that is not square.
- dekhn 10y agoSTL works just fine for machining and molding (I do the former with STL all the time). I can make non-square things - for example, printing complex octopus shapes or carving 3D relief surfaces.