Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 23/01/2025 15:46, D wrote:
 

I think you can download stl files and then just upload them with some
kind of print software. That's what I would expect at least.

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No print software needed.  That is te 3D printers job.
 
STL files are 3D SURFACES made of triangles. A text based description of
a point in X,Y,Z coordinates,.
The conversion of that to a GERBER file,

You must mean GCODE.

Mine does need print software to interpret the Gcode and generate
build files that the printer itself can understand. But it's pretty
ancient as home 3D printers go (an original Makerbot Cupcake).

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