Practical print workflow
A Practical File-Quality Handoff for STL Model Sellers
Substantially updated 2026-10-26. First published 2026-10-04.
Deliver the intended model files, their coordinate interpretation and a review record for those exact revisions. Check the inventory separately from mesh findings: a clean base file cannot tell you that the required spacer is missing.
Declare the intended delivery inventory
This worked record uses the existing Try example kit collection action: one base, one deliberately open-face cover and one spacer. The generated boxes are not a mechanically fitted enclosure, an executed CAD export or a validated physical print. No operator identity or sales-ready release is invented.
Run the existing kit and inspect actual findings
| File / quantity / revision | Reference X / Y / Z | Serialized identity | Local topology observation | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kit-base-r01.stl; one; r01 | 60 × 40 × 4 mm | 684 bytes; 12 triangles | 0 boundary edges; volume 9600 mm³ |
2ed5096dadf3b28397083a787b0bb03bfa97e685a65fc085b4964244844c2cfc
|
| kit-cover-review-r01.stl; one; r01 | 60 × 40 × 2 mm | 584 bytes; 10 triangles | 4 boundary edges; volume unavailable |
524a1b2c0cdc2fe0f9f649e47a2ca84fa95cd40894ba720d30ad72dd417722ad
|
| kit-spacer-r01.stl; one; r01 | 8 × 8 × 12 mm | 684 bytes; 12 triangles | 0 boundary edges; volume 768 mm³ |
100d07335e73703d6c9e67b813944bbe6d3b7459b9d68c80513734237668fdf6
|
All three files completed parsing/checking under a millimetre STL assumption, 1.2 mm sampled-wall review threshold and no selected printer. Completed processing is not approval: the cover has four boundary edges and unavailable volume. Nominal printer fit is skipped; intersections, nested-solid interpretation, supports and physical performance are outside this screen.
The actual collection JSON and CSV report were generated through the existing local report functions. They retain per-file findings, settings and skipped/review states. This is a reproducible local-function observation, not a claim about the deployed UI.
Check inventory separately and verify saved revisions
Select only base and cover to illustrate an omission: the human inventory review notices the required spacer is absent; the checker does not know that requirement. Remaining reports can be unchanged. Compare exact output names and quantities with the intended release, preserve prior revisions and compare a changed derivative before replacing it.
Prepare the recipient record
| Field | Record |
|---|---|
| Project / release | |
| Prepared by / date | |
| Intended files and quantity | |
| Delivered filename / revision / SHA-256 where available | |
| STL coordinate unit or relevant 3MF package note | |
| Named reference dimensions | |
| Required features / intended separate pieces | |
| Checks actually completed and method/settings | |
| Failed / skipped / unsupported / unresolved checks | |
| Changes since prior release | |
| Slicer review, if actually performed | |
| Physical testing, if actually performed | |
| Recipient's next action | |
| Release decision and unresolved owner |
Download the filled kit release record (JSON) or the separate blank manifest (CSV). Keep original model files with the report: browser history contains labels/findings, not geometry or a cloud backup. For general checks use the existing preflight record.
Release decision: hold the unresolved demonstration
Do not release this kit as unconditionally ready to sell or print. The source author/operator must resolve what the cover should contain and re-export if the missing face is unintended. Slicer review and physical testing are unperformed, not passed. The record's prepared-by and prior-release fields remain unknown. A quotation or licence entitlement cannot be inferred from mesh findings.
A model-file delivery differs from physical-production intake: production needs its own agreed material, sliced scope, work and pricing. Keep rights/licence permissions and use suitability as separate responsibilities; these generated controls establish neither a customer's rights nor manufactured fit.