I export my Solidworks files to STL for use in other rendering apps. I always do this in binary to reduce file size. In some situation I want to look at the ascii equivalent so tried to convert the Solidworks-generated binaries to ascii, but every application I've tried fails to understand the file. Based on what I've read on the STL wiki at STL (file format) - Wikipedia , it suggest that a binary stl should NEVER start with the word "solid" because that's how most of them determine if the stl file they're loading is ascii or binary. Well, Solidworks puts "solid" at the beginning of every stl, binary or ascii, so I consider this a bug. Any chance this can be fixed?
Hello Bryn,.. not sure but what programs are you having problems with?
I tested just now,.. and I can open in Blender, IdeaMaker, FreeCad, SketchUp, Rhino3D, MeshLab,..