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« on: January 29, 2010, 05:39:09 AM »
Hi Gerry,
My PC has 1.5 GB ram which I could increase to 2 GB maximum but as I understand it 32-bit Windows XP can only allocate a maximum of 2 GB of memory to a program. A new PC with Windows 7 and 64-bit OS with greater ram capability may be the way to go but it is still unclear if MeshCAM will support 64-bit operation and then be able to handle larger .stl files.
As I said earlier Jeff's reduced geometry file works just fine with MC and my setup but I do not have the time, suitable software or even the knowledge to reduce the geometry of any .stl file (created by others) I may wish to run.
MeshCAM does have an upper limit to the maximum number of triangles it can handle but the exact limit is unknown - perhaps you could try running MC and the full (1.8 million triangle ) tiger-share file on your computer and see what happens. I think Marcell found this file size a problem also.
The bottom line, I suppose, is DeskProto which has no problems with a 1.8 million file and is the way to go - it is just it's price that is the stumbling block.
Tweakie.