Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:18:33 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recommendations for 3D modelling code for 3D printing? Message-ID: <4D8B8AF9.4010109@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <19851.34378.429094.90642@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <4D8B7F0F.2010000@qeng-ho.org> <19851.34378.429094.90642@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 03/24/11 17:58, Robert Huff wrote: > > Arthur Chance writes: > >> I need to make some parts using 3D printing, and was wondering >> what software I should use to do the modelling. Does anyone have >> any experience and/or recommendations about this? If it matters, >> I'll probably be using shapeways.com to do the actual printing. > > I was under the impression the 3D printers used proprietary > software/formats. > Am I mistaken? > As far as I can tell, STL is accepted by most (if by printers you mean 3D printing companies - if you mean printing machines, I have no idea but using a company to do the actual printing means it's not my problem). Shapeways accepts STL, Collada, VRML and X3D files.
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