Description

The Stereolithography (STL) file type is supported for surfaces containing triangles, quads and N-sided poly cells beyond four edges. Note that this is an extension of the StereoLithograpy (Ref. 44) standard which only specifies triangle support. See the description for the Shell Conversion frame for more information on how to treat cells during shell import.

 

Note: When importing STL files, you have the option to compress the resultant shell which significantly reduces the memory consumption while running Fidelity Pointwise and also reduces the size of saved project files. Alternatively, shells can be compressed manually after import using the Compress Shells command.

Demonstration