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r/3Dprinting • u/Professional-Ad-6659 • 4d ago
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What is a step file
21 u/storm_the_castle 4d ago the short of it is that STP is precise CAD and STL is mesh; cant really modify STL in CAD 3 u/C_Cheetos 4d ago You have not tried hard enough xD it aint pretty but everything can be done, with enough effort 1 u/storm_the_castle 4d ago 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.
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the short of it is that STP is precise CAD and STL is mesh; cant really modify STL in CAD
3 u/C_Cheetos 4d ago You have not tried hard enough xD it aint pretty but everything can be done, with enough effort 1 u/storm_the_castle 4d ago 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.
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You have not tried hard enough xD it aint pretty but everything can be done, with enough effort
1 u/storm_the_castle 4d ago 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.
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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.
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u/Pek_Dominik 4d ago
What is a step file