Thinning STL files

From: Mark K. Smith (mksmith@geomagic.com)
Date: Tue Feb 11 1997 - 01:43:14 EET


Al,

Raindrop Geomagic's Wrap software will have the capability to thin STL
files. The software's core advantage is being able to process arbitrary
point cloud data producing Class A, water-tight STL output. Contact me for
more information.

Mark
             
mksmith@geomagic.com
www.geomagic.com
(217) 239-2551

>I recently received an STL file that was 176 Megabytes long (ASCII) and
>had 626,000 facets. The physical size of this part was a cube with 2 mm
>sides (with lots of detailed internal structure).
>
>My question is "Has anybody on the list used or created a utility
>program that allows inputting of an STL file and outputting of a thinned
>(reduced number of facets, but still retaining most of the details) STL
>file?
>
>Regards,
>Al Hastbacka



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