Control the DESIGN Model

If you are aware that holes below a certain diameter need not be transferred to the model then the option to remove these holes should be selected. For example, you may choose to remove bolt-holes. This may enable ImPLANT-STL to recognize and map more parts to primitives, making it easier to manipulate the model. There may be occasions, however, when ImPLANT-STL cannot remove the holes in a part because in doing so it would invalidate the part.

You can obtain the value of the minimum hole size that has been exported by viewing the ImPLANT-STL report. You can then use a higher value than this to remove these holes and re-run the export operation through ImPLANT-STL to review the changes this makes to the model.

The Wrapper option should be used only when you are sure that most or all solid parts are inside other parts and can therefore be removed without affecting the appearance of the model. If the Wrapper option is used when this is not the case, then the resultant model may be too difficult to manipulate. This is due to the fact that Wrapping prevents any primitive recognition, increasing the amount of data that has to be transferred.