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IronCAD - Top 10 Tips

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Ten top tips for IronCAD

How to convert a CAD file to an STL file?

2 1 Intermediate
STL is the standard file type used by most or all rapid prototyping systems. A STL is a triangulated representation of a 3D CAD model (figure 1). The triangulation of a surface will cause faceting of the 3D model. The parameters used for outputting a STL will affect how much faceting occurs (figure 2 and 3). You cannot build the model any better or smoother than the STL file, so if the STL is coarse and faceted, that is what you can expect in the final model. In the CAD package, when exporting to STL, you may see parameters for chord height, deviation, angle tolerance, or something similar. These are the parameters that affect the faceting of the STL.You don’t necessarily want to go too small. The finer the STL the larger the file is in size, which will affect processing time in Insight as well as build time. Below is some information found on the Internet regarding exporting to STL from various CAD packages.

IRONCAD Training 01-04 | Drag & Drop Modeling

1 0 Beginner
Four videos that describes the Drag & Drop Modeling basics in IRONCAD.

IronCAD - Linked Cross Sections

0 0 Intermediate
Create independent parts all driven by the one linked cross section

IronCAD - Multifeature part from one Cross Section

0 0 Intermediate
Create a pipe section with flanges at each end, using one circle to drive the bore diameter with flange OD offset from this.

Tutorial: How to create a helix along a 3D curve

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Look the video. Important moments: - The orientation of cross section - Twist profile angle must be more then 360 Angel: 360*15 = 5400, Where 15 - number of coils Result file: http://grabcad.com/library/tutorial-how-to-create-a-helix-along-a-3d-curve-1