stl model

[CNCme]

Good Day

 

Can I create a solid from a STL??

 

Tony G

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[CNCme]

Good Day

 

When opened in solidworks the feature properties decription shows as : STL Graphics1

 

When saved as a sldprt and attempt to open mastercam, I get the error : no solid data in sldprt

 

Tony G

CNCme Engineering

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SO Almost Employed Senior Prog rammer

N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire

_________________________________________

End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO"

And coolant and chips are like the enemy

Under your boots as you advance in the

Manufacturing Battle

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[iowajim62]

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Can I create a solid from a STL??

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No generally it's the other way around.

stl files are not surface or solid files,they are facets or triangle approximations of the original surfaces, or just a bunch of little triangles to approximate the solid

[CNCme]

Good Day

 

I am trying to load the STL and its very slow

And then I will try to save as something??

 

Tony G

CNCme Engineering

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SO Almost Employed Senior Prog rammer

N.E Massachusetts - Southern New Hampshire

_________________________________________

End mills and tooling are like The "AMMO"

And coolant and chips are like the enemy

Under your boots as you advance in the

Manufacturing Battle

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[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

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If you have an STL file that is not to complex you can open it in mastercam then create the solid from the STL 2D wireframe by extruding the wireframe. You will have to create your own radii on any round corner before extruding. I just did this two days ago. There is also a

C-hook that will create surfaces from an STL model then you can use mastercam to create a solid from the srfaces.

 

HTH

[Ray H.]

Justin what c-Hook?

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

C-hooks are applications that you run inside of mastercam that help you do certain functions. The one I mentioned above takes an STL model and turns it into surfaces. You can get a list of c-hooks if you go to the tools section at the top of this web site. Some are free and some you have to pay for. You can access the c-hooks in mastercam by pressing ALT-C.

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

Sorry Ray I thought you said what is a C-hook. I think it is called STL2SURF. I also read somewhere that it is not very good. I have never used it personally.