STL to SOLID

[B747US]

Does Anybody know how to convert an STL file to SOLID or 3D surface part?

Thanks

[Ray H.]

Ya I've been doing it all weekend. Delete the horizontal and angular lines in the stl in front viewish. Then run lofted surfaces between vertical contours.

[B747US]

Ray H.

I know the manual way of doing it, I endup with some 50,000 lines I cant do it one by one, can you?

thanks anyway.

[Guest]

I/m not sure exactly what you are trying to accomplish but you do know you can use your proven part stl that saves in verify as a basis for rough stock in rest mill?

 

Then you could continue on machining

[B747US]

John

Sure I know.

I need to convert the STL file to solid or 3D part with surfaces, thats all.

thanks

[Guest]

k, just wasn't sure.

 

There was an stl2surf chook in V9, I think if the part got to complex it had troubles though.

 

Colin Gilchrist has a piece of software at his place on employ that might do what you need

[B747US]

John

 

I have V9.1 and dont see STLtoSurface C-hook, is this an add-on? or the other software you said what is the name?

Thanks

[?Mark]

Check in cadcam's FTP Site, in c-hooks folder...

[Rakesh]

I just download Stl2surf from ftp to my c-hook directory. When I open this c-hook it give the message as "Could not load file or assembly file cmcamx2chooksstl2srf.dll or one if its dependencies. The module was expected to contain assembly manifest". So guys what I am missing?

Any input will be apprceiated.

thanks

[Guest]

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So guys what I am missing?

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It's a Version 9 c-hook, it won't run in X2

[Rakesh]

John,

How we convert stl file to sur/solid in X2?

thanks

[Thee Rickster ™]

Calling Master Shake, come in Master Shake.

Over.

[Fig sign]

You can mill STL file as it is without conversion ,do you know ?

[Rakesh]

Thanks Iskander for this information.

In some cases I want to use the stl file which created from the previous operations to solid and to put in some level for my next operation to use that solid as the stock. This stock stay with the mcx file and I am not worry about changing the workstation than i forget to transfer the stlfile for the stock.

[cadcam]

(How we convert stl file to sur/solid in X2?)Sorry but you Don't.

[B747US]

Iskandar

How you machine STL file directly, is there any special way?

Thanks

[5kax]

You can use solidworks.

 

When you import stl files, you have button option and you can choose to import your STL as surface or solid. after you can export to parasolid and import in mastercam

 

You need PC with higth velocity