STL (file format)
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stl-file-format-167-4645634
title:
STL (file format)
text:
STL is a file format native to the stereolithography CAD software created by 3D Systems. Chuck Hull, the inventor of stereolithography and 3D Systems’ founder, reports that the file extension is an abbreviation for stereolithography. An STL file describes a raw, unstructured triangulated surface by the unit normal and vertices of the triangles using a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. In the original specification, all STL coordinates were required to be positive numbers, but this r
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Standard Tessellation Language. File format for 3D printing and scanning applications.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_(file_format)
date created:
2005-08-05T22:11:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T11:47:44Z
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