Stl Files; Slc Files - Stratasys Objet1000 Plus User Manual

Objet1000 Plus User Guide
STL Files STL is short for STereoLithography or Standard Triangulation Language.
This language views any object as a collection of surfaces, and describes each
surface of the object as a collection of triangles.
For example, a square can be described as two triangles; a cube (six squares)
as 12 triangles. Curved surfaces need more triangles to describe them. The
higher the tolerance (for smooth surfaces), the more triangles are needed.
The result is that high-quality object descriptions mean very heavy files.
Most CAD software can export STL files. Objet Studio opens these files for
printing models on the Objet1000 Plus printer.
SLC is short for Stereo-Lithography Contour. SLC files describe two-
SLC Files
dimensional contours of the three-dimensional models. These contour lines
are polylines.
SLC files are ASCII (text) files that save models as a series of slices. This
means that models based on SLC files cannot be orientated; only their scale
(size) and position on the build tray can be controlled. For this reason, the
model's orientation must be suitable for production before it is saved as an
SLC file. Because of the nature of SLC files, the appearance of models in Objet
Studio may be different than the solid-object images displayed from STL files.
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