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Printables won. I will upload my files and link them here. ~~I shouldn't create another post since nobody likes spam.~~ (sigh... What am I doing with my life?)

I'll leave the original body here. Thanks for your help. /-- Hello.

I have a handfull of 3D parts designed when I was in high school. These range from a custom computer anchor K-Lock (Shown here) to a plant monitor.

Unfortunetly, I graduated and don't have a 3D printer anymore, as I use and test on my old school's printer.

Fortunetly, I still have all of my work and I want to share it in a way that anyone can use, under a CC-BY-SA license.

What is a good way to share my work? Github, Drive, Gitlab, here?

I still like 3D printing, so I plan on getting one soon (albeit, it will take years..).

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not an expert but I looked it up. STL is just a simple mesh for the exterior surface of a CAD model. While STEP saves the entire geometry in its pure form, so you can edit it later. STL is fine for printing but you want to make the actual models available too in case someone wants to edit them.

It's like the difference between a PDF and a Microsoft Word document.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Alright, STEP it is.