Article - CS340991
STL file generated using publish rule does not consider the "Custom" resolution values given in SolidWorks resulting in a distorted geometry as compared to native SolidWorks data in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 08-Dec-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 12.1
- Creo View Adapters 5.1 to 10.0
- Windchill Visualization Services
- SolidWorks
Description
- STL file generated using publish rule does not match with STL generated by Save As operation from SolidWorks
- WVS Publish Rules for SolidWorks export to STL is not reading in AngleTolerance correctly resulting in undesired angular surface
- STL file generated using publish rule does not honor the value given for AngleTolerance resulting in distorted geometry when compared with native SolidWorks data
- How to generate better quality STL output of SolidWorks model from CAD worker
STL generated from Save As SolidWorks STL generated from Publish Rule
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