On Monday 29 June 2020 20:54:19 Chris Albertson wrote: > It is rare for a CAD program to be able to modify .STL files. In > Fusion360 there is a way to transform STL back into editable CAD and I > think Onshape can do the same. > > An analogy is that you can edit text with a word processor but if you > take a photo of the document with your cell phone, the text is now an > image and you would not expect to be able to edit it. STL is like a > photo. It is just 3D pixels and has lost all the lines, angles, and > circles and points that the CAD file had. > > Yes there is OCR to take images back to editable text and as said some > CAD systems can import STL files back into CAD. STL never translate > back perfectly even in the best case. > > So, Don't give FreeCAD a "fail" for this.
As easily as it loaded the .stl and displayed it, I figured it was at least on speaking terms. That sounds as if I was mistaken, which considering my lack of familiarity with CAD stuff in general, should not be surprising. So far, the appimage seems to be dead stable. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
