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Old 29th November 2014, 06:54 PM   #6
jentron
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Default Re: Going from AC3D to .stl

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Originally Posted by edi View Post
What affects me more is the fact that smoothing with +subdivision is completely ignored in the stl file. So if I draw a cylinder with 20 segments and press Subdiv+ several times, after my export to stl the printed object will still be a cylinder with 20 segments :-( What do I miss there?
There is a "Commit Subdivisions" button under "Object" in AC3d you can use to make the subdivisions permanent. Most formats don't have a concept of 'Subdivision' so you have to commit them before the export then undo that step.
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