STL to Solid?

[Brendan P]

In V9,if I save my stl file after verifying it,can I now take that stl and convert it to a solid in Mastercam? And if so,how?

 

 

thanks as always

[kinglouie V]

man, I tell you what I've been trying to figure that one out for quite some time.

[d00d]

Could you delete uneccesary lines chain surfaces and make a parasolid? then open in say solidworks(if you have it) and save as sldprt files?

[kinglouie V]

I guess the easy way to do just that is to use the net-surface function but I haven't figured out how to use it that well. And they made it look so easy at the roll out.

[Kannon]

Dont know if this will be any help for you Brendan, or if it is very good or not. Its called "mesh to Solid" supposedly able to import STL and can be saved as SAT. Here is the link if you think its worth trying. link

 

They have a free download

[mcpgmr]

I use stl2surf c-hook. Then solids/from surfaces. Depends on the complexity of the surfaces on how good and fast but it usualy works pretty well. HTH !

[kinglouie V]

mcpgmr,

 

what c-hook??? I can't find in the ver.9 or X directory. Can you post to FTP?? E-Mail?? Was this

something you can buy?? Do you need some xtra cash??

 

[kinglouie V]

SORRY!! I see that it's already on the FTP....

So does it work in X ??

 

NO it doesnt' work in X. But it still

works in 9.

[Kannon]

I cant get on the ftp, can someone fire it my way unzipped please?

[Müřlıń®]

I can't get the solid stock option to work good in X...

[mcpgmr]

Kannon check your mail.

[Kannon]

mcpgmr,

Just wanting to thank you for taking the time and getting the chook to me.

 

I love it!

[mcpgmr]

Any time ! Glad I could help !

[Brendan P]

Just getting back to this thread and I just downloaded the chook!

 

Thanks mcpgmr

Worked like a charm

[mcpgmr]

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Worked like a charm

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Glad to hear it Brendan. If you do run into trouble creating solid from surfaces another alternative is import the surfaces into another cad program like CAD/KEY or Solid Works and heal into a solid then export to parasolid. Works for me.

[medsourcebob]

We have been asking for this for years.

 

Exporting the verify result into cadkey for operation sheets would be a huge time saver for us. If it where a solid.

 

stl is garbage.

 

Why can't mastercam export the verify result directly to a parasolid? If someone can develope a chook for it wouldn't you think cnc would want to incorparate that functionality into their products?

[mcpgmr]

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Exporting the verify result into cadkey for operation sheets would be a huge time saver for us. If it where a solid.

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Stl's are made up of polygons. Depending on the tolerance used to create them they can be faceted and cumbersome to work with. They don't convert to a perfect solid inless the part geometry is all 90 deg angles and no radial surfaces. I use stl's for verification and graphic's only. (Eye Candy) for setup sheets that I create using MS WORD. MC does a pretty good job at making the stl's look good visualy so I use a screen capture of the verification using HIJAAK pro to insert into MS WORD theen apply anotatation using Autoshapes/Callouts. HTH !

[TeccBoxx]

Hi mcpgrm, I was wondering on what you said on healing the stl file in solidworks. How exactly do you do this. I have messed around trying to figure that out and I would greatly appreciate it if you can explain on how you do this.

 

Thanks in advance

[Gilberto]

We are adding an option to convert STL files to PDF 3D.

You can shade it, animate it, etc.

[kinglouie V]

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Why can't mastercam export the verify result directly to a parasolid? If someone can develope a chook for it wouldn't you think cnc would want to incorparate that functionality into their products?

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don't forget the verify isn't their product 'persay' either. they have many times said that they were at the mercy of the vender.

[Guest]

Just to revive this topic

 

Are there any plans to create an stl2surf chook for X?

 

 

Or is there away to update the V9 chook to work in X?