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 ...

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 ...

[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 ...

I want to do some very basic editing of STEP files, e.g.: I need to do this sort of thing about a hundred times, so I'd rather learn how to fish than pay someone to do it, even if it's only a few $$ ...