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From: gupta@plato.engr.umbc.edu (Rajeev Gupta)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Stereo-Lithography File Format
Keywords: Stereo-Lithography .STL files
Message-ID: <1991Jun26.173557.16409@umbc3.umbc.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 91 17:35:57 GMT
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In article <1991Jun25.203543.15489@milton.u.washington.edu>,
ganter@milton.u.washington.edu (M. Ganter) writes:
|> I'm looking for information about Stereo-Lithography .STL files.
|> .STL files are an interchange format used by Stereo-Lithography
|> vendors.  It is suppose to be a "standard."  I've been contacting
|> the vendors and surprizingly they have been little help!?  Can anyone
|> in comp.graphics netland point me to documents on .STL and/or PD
|> source code for interchange code.
|> 
|> My application is development of a backend to a solid modeling system
|> to produce mold patterns.
|> 
|> Mark Ganter, Univ. of Washington  <ganter@u.washington.edu>


I am interested in the same. I am also working for an application for
the stereolithography process. So any pointers/help pass them my way too.

Rajeev Gupta
gupta@plato.engr.umbc.edu