I'm sure there are several people on this mailing list that were around back
then to vouch for this. I'm one of them. Marshall's explanation is exactly
correct.
At 04:06 AM 3/2/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello RP World,
>
> We have received a comment on the StL documentation on our Web site
>which may be interesting for others.
>
>
>>When I visited your homepage at http://www.ennex.com/fabbers/StL.htm I
>>noticed that you translate the STL file format as StereoLithography.
>>This is highly unusual, because STL is used in a much bigger area than
>>just stereolithography.
>>The STL format can be translated in many ways like 'Standard Triangle
>>Language' and 'Surface Triangulation Language', but the most commonly
>>used (and for me the best suitable) translation is:
>>Structual Triangulation Language
>
>
>
> Those alternatives are interesting coincidences, and you may certainly
>think of StL in any way that is helpful for you. However, the fact is that
>the data format was created by a consultant in Silicon Valley under contract
>to 3D Systems in the 1980s and the designation "StL" was intended to stand
>for StereoLithography.
>
>Best regards,
>Marshall Burns
>
>
>
>
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