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The 3D printer community is oddly resistant to step files. They claim that step files get converted to STL and therefore it doesn't matter. Except there is an o
by imtringued 3y ago
The 3D printer community is oddly resistant to step files. They claim that step files get converted to STL and therefore it doesn't matter. Except there is an obvious problem with this argument. First of all a mesh isn't an STL file, second the printer can adapt its mesh generation based on your slicer settings so that it always has a high enough resolution. Third, the mesh generator can adaptively generate high resolution meshes in complex geometries and low resolution meshes at simple geometries in the same part.
Fourth importing step files generates G code with arcs which speeds up printing time.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/w15mg6/improvements_in_printing_speed_with_step_files/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/w15mg6/improvemen...
- naasking 3y agoThere are some good reasons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_10303-21#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_10303-21#Criticism
- causality0 3y agoMan, I would pay out the nose for a program, possibly AI-driven, that could take a mesh and turn it into a step file.
- dekhn 3y agoFusion 360 does this, although with some limitations (https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=MESH-CONVERT-TO-SOLID https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=MESH-CONV...). I occasionally use it to take meshes and convert them to B-rep (fusion 360's preferred internal representation) using parametric/prismatic. It doesn't work for complicated geometry or high mesh vertex/edge counts. And in most of my work it's not necessary (I'm typically just carving mesh surfaces into wood, but sometimes I need to reverse engineer an STL). I guess I pay about $600/year (didn't check the latest pricing) for the base Fusion 360 non-professional product and it's worth every penny.