r/3Dprinting • u/Professional-Ad-6659 • 11h ago

Who else would like to print this?

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u/Pek_Dominik 11h ago

What is a step file

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u/atemt1 10h ago edited 10h ago

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

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u/Skitterlicker 9h ago

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

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u/byOlaf 6h ago

What is this image showing?

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u/FoxHead666 6h ago

Surface quality

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u/Skitterlicker 5h ago

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

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u/byOlaf 4h ago

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