Re: [rp-ml] STL analysis for a website

Unfortunately, I believe Admesh is not public domain and cannot be used
commercially, it can be used for non-commercial applications though (see
license agreement).

G. Sachs

At 12:24 AM 10/27/2004 +0200, you wrote:
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>Am 26.10.2004 um 19:19 schrieb Info:
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>> I am looking for an Auto quote engine that I can have a client upload
>> an STL file to my website and the program will extract some
>> information like bounding box, the volume and the surface area so that
>> the program can then produce a quote.
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>Well, I did such a thing a few years ago, using the "admesh" tool and
>the old 3D Systems software running on UNIX. The steps were to position
>the part in the right quadrant, calculate supports and other stuff up
>to a complete build file. This build file could be analyzed then to get
>a build time with +5 % / -20 % accuracy. All Stereolithography on a SLA
>250. This process could take more than an hour for a reasonable complex
>part.
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>Sounds like you estimation is somewhat simpler and you need the admesh
>tool, only. If you can't google it, drop me a line.
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>Regards,
>Markus Hitter
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>http://www.jump-ing.de/
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Received on Wed Oct 27 17:50:30 2004