Terry,
We use Magics 5.0 here at De Montfort University and generally find that the
automatic repair features do the trick well and most files don't need too
much interactive work.
One exception was a particularly large part (car bumper) with small features
(bosses etc.) where the limit on overall file size lead to some loss of very
small features as the .stl file was too coarse and lost detail when
converted from an IGES format. I'm sure this part would have been difficult
to process on most systems.
Hope this helps
Neil Hopkinson
Rapid Manufacturing Research Group
Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng
De Montfort University
Queens Building, The Gateway,
Leicester,
LE1 9BH,
UK.
Tel +44 116 2551551 x8064
Fax +44 2577054
http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/RMG/Welcome.htm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@bart.lpt.fi]On Behalf
> Of Terry T. Wohlers
> Sent: 03 February 2000 03:40
> To: RP-ML
> Subject: Best STL Repair Tools
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Which software product, in your opinion, offers the best STL file repair
> tools? I am looking at it from two points of view: 1) tools that automate
> the repair of problematic STL models, and 2) interactive tools for model
> manipulation and repair.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Terry
>
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