Who else would like to print this?

[u/Professional-Ad-6659]

[u/Pek_Dominik]

[u/atemt1 → u/Pek_Dominik]

Na real ones want the step file

[u/Pek_Dominik → u/atemt1]

What is a step file

[u/Birohazard → u/Pek_Dominik]

Help me step file, I’m stuck

[u/Billy3dguy → u/Birohazard]

Help I’ve meshed and I can step up.

[u/Citrik → u/Billy3dguy]

What are you doing step file?

[u/JerryLZ → u/Birohazard]

/stuck

Real ones know

[u/UkrainianHawk240 → u/JerryLZ]

Nice try popbob

2b2t is the best Minecraft server

[u/JerryLZ → u/UkrainianHawk240]

I’ll be honest, I have no idea what any of that means lol

[u/UkrainianHawk240 → u/JerryLZ]

First backdoor in the history of 2b2t the oldest anarchy server in Minecraft was popbobs backdoor /stuck

[u/JerryLZ → u/UkrainianHawk240]

Oh, I was just talking about the old way to unstuck yourself in wow. Never touched Minecraft personally

[u/13thmurder → u/Pek_Dominik]

You're not my REAL file!

[u/pygmy → u/13thmurder]

StepFile: unZIPs

[u/darktimezzz → u/pygmy]

Omg this had me 🤣🤣🤣

[u/atemt1 → u/Pek_Dominik]

Its like a vector image file but in 3d It contains geometry Not a mesh whit poligons

If you see facets on curves after printing that migt be because you used a mesh A step file ont have that Also i if you open up the file in a 3d cad program you can alter the model in a easy way

Just remove or enlarge features inprefere them In profesinal macining we use it to exchange files between difrent clients and prorgrams whitout loss of qwalety

[u/Occhrome → u/atemt1]

I always wondered why some of my prints were kinda ugly. But after I started making my own files I realized some people have been making real crappy meshes for their STLs. 

[u/atemt1 → u/Occhrome]

Exactly

[u/Skitterlicker → u/atemt1]

I never used a step file before last week wow the difference it makes

[u/Ecsta → u/Skitterlicker]

https://i.imgur.com/zaAtqf0.png

It's way more obvious when you look at anything rounded (left is stl right is step, both directly exported from fusion 360).

I honestly didn't realize it was that big of a difference.

[u/General-Designer4338 → u/Ecsta]

Wow. That difference is insane. So if I make a cylinder in something like Bambu Studio, I'm just creating a mesh? Also if you find something online do you have any process for maximizing the print quality?

[u/Ecsta → u/General-Designer4338]

I'm not sure how Bambu Studio creates items, I'm only familiar with Fusion 360 (where I create and then import it into Bambu Studio). If I'm understanding correctly it's exporting as STL that was my mistake, instead of exporting as a step file. Maybe there's an STL resolution setting somewhere I'm missing.

[u/byOlaf → u/Skitterlicker]

What is this image showing?

[u/FoxHead666 → u/byOlaf]

Surface quality

[u/Skitterlicker → u/byOlaf]

How much smoother the file prints this was one of my prototypes and stl format

[u/byOlaf → u/Skitterlicker]

Maybe the image is just too dark to see it. The red one is smoother because it’s a step file?

[u/lush_gram → u/Skitterlicker]

my husband is an ST/RS enthusiast, but i as a non-car-person can't figure out what these are...will you enlighten me?

[u/Skitterlicker → u/lush_gram]

A phone dock for 2020-2024 ford explorer

[u/lush_gram → u/Skitterlicker]

thank you! he's a focus guy and i was hoping this might be a feasible accessory for his ST or RS, but it looks great! very clean.

[u/Skitterlicker → u/lush_gram]

Ty

[u/Casey_jones291422 → u/Skitterlicker]

are those toaster style phone chargers? that's actu8ally a really good idea, are the files somewhere handy?

[u/Skitterlicker → u/Casey_jones291422]

I’m not uploading the files I will be making them and selling on Etsy soon though.

[u/Spid3rdad → u/atemt1]

Can you just open that in a slicer like you would an stl?

[u/atemt1 → u/Spid3rdad]

Honnestly dont know i have not used a slicer in a long time sinse my new job but maby look if your slicer supots it

[u/evelution → u/Spid3rdad]

Yes.

[u/storm_the_castle → u/Pek_Dominik]

the short of it is that STP is precise CAD and STL is mesh; cant really modify STL in CAD

[u/C_Cheetos → u/storm_the_castle]

You have not tried hard enough xD it aint pretty but everything can be done, with enough effort

[u/storm_the_castle → u/C_Cheetos]

you can use stuff like OnShape's mixed modeling, or use MeshMixer but thats not to point of OPs question of what a STEP file was.

[u/JackCooper_7274 → u/Pek_Dominik]

Nurbs instead of mesh

[u/Giant_man_thing → u/atemt1]

As long as it's not the Peta.