Single DBU (database unit) filtering for nearly collinear lines is applied on output. This filtering removes "artifacts" created where facets share edges as a result of rounding when going from "real world" coordinates in STL to gridded spaces like GDSII and Gerber when the coordinates are integral.
Added Softkey licensing for OEM.
The following new and improved features were added to the translator:
Only non-empty layers are output
Better start/stop elevations chosen with Auto-slicing mode
GDSII layer numbers and Gerber output files are associated with elevation at the end of the log file.
There are two new options in the Configuration menu:
Added a new configuration option "Join Volumes Post-Creation" for post-union.
Added "Optional Arguments" field (mostly for debug purposes).
There are new options in the Slicing menu:
Sets default direction to the direction with smallest data extents.
Slice Count control added for easier slice configurations.
Changing any values of Start/Increment/SliceCount/Stop will dynamically adjust other values.
Reset button added to revert back to default slicing configuration.
Major release after 3 years. This version is 64 bit and it is compiled with Microsoft VS2015.
stl2x is now based on the new booldll.
Fixed a problem where stl2gds was not able to get a floating license from the server.
STL reader auto-detects Endianess for binary STL files.
This version core engines/shell recompiled in VS2008.
This version includes the new install.
Added Enhanced Linking Control to Configure Dialog.
Removed "Ignore Facet Normals" Control from Configure Dialog
It turns out that the normals provided are always ignored, and they are computed internally.
This control when set will unionize incoming data. It is off by default.
Added "Ignore Facet Normals" Control to Configure Dialog.
An error in routine that converts voids to re-entrant polygons, produced some illegal polgyons in the GDSII data. This has been corrected. [Reported by Texas Instruments]
An error in the slicing algorithm produced some illegal polgyons in the GDSII data. This has been corrected. [Reported by NASA]
The graphical user inteface for stl2gds has been added in this release.
Version 1.13 did not support both cases for the units option i.e. -units:mm was not interpreted correctly (it was expecting -units:MM) and actually wrote the output file in inches. This has been fixed.