TEST: STL vs STEP Export from Fusion 360

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TEST: STL vs STEP Export from Fusion 360

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A1 mini
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0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 5% infill
0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 5% infill
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Today I once again failed to remember to export a round body as a STEP file from Fusion 360 and had to redo the exports after printing. (The next model I'll publish in a few minutes.)

So I decided to do a simple STL vs. STEP test and hopefully that will help me rember next time.

 

Here it is, if you want to test it out as well.

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The difference is wild. I knew that stl was an already pre-processed / triangulated file format, but I didn't know that the slicer benefitted so much from having the step directly. Thank you for showing.
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