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Format trade-offs, honest limits of mesh to CAD conversion, and notes on the engineering behind the tools.
- 7 min readWebAssemblyEngineering
How browser based 3D conversion works
Open CASCADE, Assimp and three.js compiled to WebAssembly, running in a worker thread on your own machine.
- 5 min read3D printingFormats
Choosing between STL, 3MF and STEP
A practical comparison for printing, machining and archiving, with the trade-offs each format forces on you.
- 6 min readCADSTEPSTL
STL to STEP: what you actually get
Why converting a mesh into a CAD file cannot recreate smooth surfaces, and when a faceted STEP is still the right answer.