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ALBANO  
#1 Posted : Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:17:51 PM(UTC)
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What I would like to suggest is that rotating,panning etc. should be possible when the STL-dialoge is on.
Today I had to export 10 different STL-files for rapid prototyping.
To judge the model from all sides for the right resolution I had to reimport the files again....


ALBAN

P.s.: Might it be possible that the quality of the mesh is influenced by selecting precise facets in the resolution menue?
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billbedford  
#2 Posted : Monday, March 30, 2009 1:09:20 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: ALBANO Go to Quoted Post
What I would like to suggest is that rotating,panning etc. should be possible when the STL-dialoge is on.
Today I had to export 10 different STL-files for rapid prototyping.
To judge the model from all sides for the right resolution I had to reimport the files again....


The mesh formed from the STL dialogue seems to be exactly the same as the one formed from converting a solid to mesh in the 'Change Object Type' menu.
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Tim Olson  
#3 Posted : Monday, March 30, 2009 4:20:47 PM(UTC)
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>>What I would like to suggest is that rotating,panning etc. should be >>possible when the STL-dialoge is on.


Great idea Alban. I've added to build 833 where you can pan, zoom,rotate using mouse functions and spacenavigator while this dialog box is displayed.

Tim
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Tim Olson  
#4 Posted : Monday, March 30, 2009 10:48:09 PM(UTC)
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>>Might it be possible that the quality of the mesh is influenced by selecting >>precise facets in the resolution menu?

The default parameters for the stl mesh are defined by the display resolution settings which will also take into account whether precise facets is turned on or off. Is that what you are referring too?


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nick  
#5 Posted : Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:15:10 AM(UTC)
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Hello Tim

I think this is a very dangerous way of defining stl mesh quality as an end user could conceivably export a series of components thinking they were using all the same mesh settings but in fact some could have been set to fine, others to super fine and others to super fine with precise facets resulting in very different quality stl files.

Would it not make more sense to either just change model to superfine with precise facets when exporting stl and then stl dialog parameters further define what resulting stl file looks like? or to allow for user to select quality in mesh / stl dialog too?

All the best
Nick
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Steve.M  
#6 Posted : Friday, June 12, 2009 12:44:24 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Tim Olson Go to Quoted Post
>>What I would like to suggest is that rotating,panning etc. should be >>possible when the STL-dialoge is on.


Great idea Alban. I've added to build 833 where you can pan, zoom,rotate using mouse functions and spacenavigator while this dialog box is displayed.

Tim



Tim,

was this ability only added to the mac version, or did you not implement? Or, am I missing some other STL dialog?


- Steve
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