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Intro To STL - Week7

The document introduces the STL file format, which is used for 3D printing and prototyping. STL represents a 3D CAD model as a collection of triangular facets. Each facet contains three vertices and a normal vector. An STL file defines each facet with coordinates for its three vertices. The file size of an STL depends on the number of triangular facets used to represent the model.

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Intro To STL - Week7

The document introduces the STL file format, which is used for 3D printing and prototyping. STL represents a 3D CAD model as a collection of triangular facets. Each facet contains three vertices and a normal vector. An STL file defines each facet with coordinates for its three vertices. The file size of an STL depends on the number of triangular facets used to represent the model.

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Introduction to STL Format

ADJ. PROFESSOR - GARY MAC


03/23/2017
STL

 Surface Tessellation Language – standard format for rapid prototyping and 3D printing
 Triangulated representation of a 3D CAD model
 Each surface/face of the model is divided into many small triangular facets
STL

ST
L

Conversion
Definition of the Triangular Facet

 Each facet has three vertices and a normal

Coordinate - STL Format


Vertex 1 = (X1, Y1, Z1)
Vertex 2 = (X2, Y2, Z2)
Vertex 3 = (X3, Y3, Z3)
Normal Face = (Xn, Yn, Zn)
STL Options
STL - Coarse
STL - Fine
STL - Custom
STL File Size

 A “good” STL file will have a file size ending in “34” or “84”
 STL Format:
 Header – 80 bytes
 Integer giving the # of facets – 4 bytes
 Each triangle – 50 bytes
 File size of STL =
((# of Triangles)*50 + 84)
3D Print

 Introduced in SW 2015
 Only supported in Windows 8.1 & 10
3D Print
3D Print
3D Print

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