If you think about it, STL files are like PDF files. You usually create them using some other program, export them, and then expect them to print. But you rarely do serious editing on a PDF or an STL.

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Soldiers load into an Infantry Squad Vehicle during a live fire exercise in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (Kevin Sterling Payne/U.S. Army) Over the next two years, the U.S. Army will convert 25 ...

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Abstract: This paper proposes a method for the Harmonic Stability Assessment (HSA) of power systems with a high share of Converter-Interfaced Distributed Energy Resources (CIDERs). To this end, the ...

This Python script converts a grayscale image into an STL file for 3D printing as a lithophane. A lithophane is an embossed, translucent image that is visible when illuminated from behind. The script ...

Abstract: The content of this paper is based on SolidWorks secondary development and VB programming to generate 3d standard part library. Then create a 3d standard parts library and the SolidWorks ...