Decreased quality of low export with new update

Hi Mirko,

Yes, you are right. Earlier there were 4 options for STL export resolution level:

  • Low (Free),
  • Medium (Free)
  • High (Pro)
  • Custom (Pro)

With the latest update, we have removed the Medium (Free) option, so the default STL resolution for FREE users is now Low.

This is in accordance to our goals that the quality of STL export in the FREE version should be clearly distinguishable from that of the PRO version. Earlier, for some parts of certain types of geometries - typically boxy objects with fillets, like the one in your screenshot too - the quality of the Medium (Free) level STL export was just not too different from that of the High (Pro) level STL export.

Please see the illustration below:

STL%20resolutions

That’s why we needed to remove the Medium (Free) level STL export. We understand that it might be noticeable for our FREE user base, as you pointed out. I hope you understand that we can only provide the FREE version of Shapr3D as long as we can clarify the value of our PRO product to our customers.

Peter

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