STL Interface Settings
The STL Interface Settings section under the Interface Settings tab enables you to specify settings the specific to the STL interface.
STL Settings:
- Select STL Welding Proximity to set the proscribed relative geometric distance factor. STL files contain triangles, where each triangle is specified by three XYZ vertex corners. There is no connectivity, shared vertices or shared edges information available in this file type. Consequently, this converter normally runs a "weld" process, to identify shared corners and edges. It uses a numerical tolerance to identify if corner locations are similar, shared, or distinct. The result eliminates duplicate corner vertices, allows smooth shading, and results in improved file compression. The Weld proximity parameter is located on the Interface Settings Common Parameters group.
- Model Color choice. The STL file base diffuse surface color will be set according this selector, applied to the entire part.
- Some types of STL contain internal part color information. If this is needed, enable the Use Internal Color setting.