On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk <[email protected]> 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
