Unique 3D manufacturing information which would have been lost when converted to older STEP files (top image), will now be captured by the STEP AP 242 file format and used for manufacturing ...

[Clough42] has started a new CNC control cabinet build, and uses it as an opportunity to demonstrate why he models the whole thing out in CAD before ordering parts or physically building anything. One ...

To convert STEP to STL, validate the CAD model, tessellate its surfaces into a mesh, verify scale and surface quality, and inspect the STL before slicing. Moving a CAD design to a 3D printer usually ...

Those distinctions matter during a CAD handoff because a shape description and a motion sequence answer different questions.

Engineering software developer CoreTechnologie has added the STEP file format to the latest version of its 4D_Additive 3D printing data preparation software. The ISO recognized ‘Standard for the ...