CAD file ownership is settled in the contract, not the handover email. Here is the deliverables package and the clauses that matter.
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The IGES vs STEP file choice decides whether your machine shop opens a clean solid or a bag of broken surfaces. Here is how to choose.
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Every 3D printer on the market — from a $200 desktop Ender to a $500,000 industrial EOS system — reads the same fundamental geometry format: triangulate…
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Got a 3D model. Want to print it. Which file do you send to the printer? This question comes up constantly, and the internet gives you six different answers with conflicting advice. Here’s the straightforward version from someone who exports print-ready files every single day. The Short Answer Request an STL file. That’s it. If
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Last month a client sent me his part as an STL file. He wanted me to make the hole 2mm wider. I had to tell him the bad news: I couldn’t just edit the hole. His entire model was a mesh of triangles. No dimensions. No feature tree. No way to grab that hole and
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