.STL file

[pthosa]

How can convert a .STL file to a surfaces file (.MC9)? Help me.

[Zero]

It can't be done with MC unfortunately.

 

There are a couple links in this thread that you can check out of programs that will do this.

 

You can, however, machine the STL file directly with mastercam....if you do a search, there a few threads that discuss this.

HTH

 

[ 05-09-2003, 09:30 AM: Message edited by: Zero ]

[Günther Massimo - GMCCS]

Hi pthosa,

 

check your IN-Box. I've posted stl2surf.dll. A small c-hook (4kb). It can do the job.

[Guest]

Gismo:

 

Why don't you put that file up on the ftp site for all to get a copy of.

 

Thanks

[mold100]

Is there a software that can make a stl into a solid? I have a wireframe and it is shadeable

but pretty in tra kit.I have talked to numerous

people and no luck, not even our collage can

help, somewhere there has to be a way.

[Günther Massimo - GMCCS]

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Why don't you put that file up on the ftp site for all to get a copy of.

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Here you are.

 

Look under the c-hook folder.

 

[Steve Landkamer]

Gismo,

That is an awsome little chook!

You made may day!

Thank You!

[Zero]

Thanks Gismo!!

[Carl Vallance]

Gismo,

I've been looking for somthing like this for a long time. Absolutly Great

Thanks for sharing this with us.

[CAM-mando]

Thanks Gizmo

 

Gizmo my hero

[Thad]

Gismo,

 

Is your Chook version specific? Does it work with V9.1?

 

Thad

[Rick Damiani]

quote:

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Is there a software that can make a stl into a solid? I have a wireframe and it is shadeable

but pretty in tra kit.I have talked to numerous

people and no luck, not even our collage can

help, somewhere there has to be a way.

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STL files don't contain enough information in them to reliably and repetably convert into solids models. If you can turn it into a surface, many tools - including MasterCAM - will have a go at quilting that surface into a solid, but the results may not be all that useful.

 

What I would suggust is to go after the source of the STL file. No computer-based modeling system that I am aware of uses STL natively. Whatever was used to generate the STL file likely has some other export format that will be useful.

[Günther Massimo - GMCCS]

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Is your Chook version specific? Does it work with V9.1?

 

Thad

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No. It should work on all versions.

[Pastaga]

hello, is there stl2surf.dll for X2, so yes or then I to get it Thank you

[Colin Gilchrist]

+1

 

This only runs under Mastercam X.

[cobra95kev]

Hey guys,

Solidworks does a pretty good job of turning them in to a solid. I just export as a Parasolid .XT file then it opens good as a solid in Mastercam XMR2.

 

Kevin C.

[Guest]

Check that Kevin, I have never gotten a solid out of solidworks, it'll save the file but it's not a solid, check it.

 

Though the ones I tried were very complicated.

[cobra95kev]

It works for me. My parts are not real complicated but I could upload one if you tell me how. I just tried to get on the ftp site and couldn't get in. It asked for a username and password for the first time ever.

 

Kevin

[cobra95kev]

I did now get on the FTP site and downloaded the stl2surf.dll and I tried it on a real small .stl file I opened with mastercam and it said unknown file type when I ran the stl2surf.dll?

 

Kevin

[Guest]

user name - mastercam

p/w - swiss

[Pastaga]

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I did now get on the FTP site and downloaded the stl2surf.dll and I tried it on a real small .stl file I opened with mastercam and it said unknown file type when I ran the stl2surf.dll?

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John Paris

 

[Pastaga]

Tried to upload empty file

[Pastaga]

I found the chooks, but it does not go with X2 Sp1