Comment on STL vs Modifier quality
Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I know this doesn’t address your question, but I wanted to kindly nudge you in the direction of uploading both the STL and 3MF. In this case it seems like the 3MF file would avoid rasterizing the SVG and allow better upscaling of the model if someone so desires (plus, personally, I find 3mf files to just be much easier to work with, and since they’re almost universally supported now I don’t see a reason to only distribute the inferior STL version).
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I planned to upload the 3mf too for anyone to use. I assumed that stl was the more standard file format that everyone used because it didn’t contain any printer specific data. That’s the only reason why I want the stl to work without anyone needing to do anything.
FleetingTit@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
3MF is just a container file that includes 3D meshes like STL but also metadata like texture, colour, MMU information, slicer settings and much more. It is supported by basically all software in the 3D printing world.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The problem I’ve had with 3mfs is that if you don’t select “import geometry only”, you can get changes to a bunch of print settings that you don’t want changed. And if you import geometry only then the Orca modifiers aren’t imported.
I want to make the file as easy to use for others. I’ve seen other kit card models with decals in the STL so I know it’s possible.
I’ve used some of the tips in this thread and it’s helped my decals tremendously.