Re: [rp-ml] 3D surface structures on STL-files

Hi Urban,

This is done with rendering engines, it's called displacement mapping. Rhino 4 has an add on that does it and AIR from Sitex Graphics has an option to dump such geometry to OBJ files. Both cases the triangle mesh will require some touch up. Other rendering packages should do the same, these just are the ones I used.

Regards,

Ricardo

Date:Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:52:13 +0200
From: urban.harrysson@fcubic.com
To: <rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi>
> Does anyone know of a way to add 3D surface structures on STL
> files? Some software can add 2D structures by mapping a picture on
> the geometry, but to create parts with actual 3D structures you
> would need to modify the STL-file (add a lot of triangles) or work
> with the sliced data.
>
> Is there any software at all that can create such structures? The
> new computer animated movies appears to have very detailed
> modelling in 3D.
>
> Best Regards,
> Urban Harrysson
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Received on Fri Oct 24 18:31:39 2008