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I tried FreeCAD last year, and exporting for 3D printing led to round parts being made of distinct 'faces' instead of anything close to round. I never could fig
by Saris 4y ago
I tried FreeCAD last year, and exporting for 3D printing led to round parts being made of distinct 'faces' instead of anything close to round. I never could figure out how to solve that.
In general I found it almost comically hard to use, but I learned on Fusion360 so I imagine I don't have the experience of someone who learned on older CAD software that was similar in UI.
- mitthrowaway2 4y agoIn case it helps: Mesh Design workbench > Meshes > Create Mesh from Shape... > select your object; set surface and angular deviation to something small like 1 µm and 1° > OK > select the newly generated mesh > File > Export... > to STL / OBJ / your preferred 3D printing format. Yes, it should be easier than this. The STL export preferences should allow you to specify a mesh tolerance for the export process. I'm sure that's how it will work in a future version, but this is how you can do it now.
- Saris 4y agoThanks! It's so strange that it doesn't default to something reasonable like that. It needs an "export to STL" button that just works with one click.