- #HOW TO CONVERT STL TO A SOLID MESH ENABLER HOW TO#
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Our simple converter offers you 627 different possibilities. If you want to quickly and easily convert a 3D model, then this is just the page for you. NX 10 has a "detect primitive" command that tries to fit primitive features to various parts of the facet body. Or into another of our 12+ edition formats. NX is starting to offer more tools to work with and analyze facet bodies. Recreating the analytical features that make up the model from the facet body is possible, to an extent but it is a difficult problem. Such a solid body might be only marginally more useful than the STL facet body itself (you could assign a material then measure a weight and COG) but in other ways it may also be less useful than the facet body (commands expecting a facet body would not work on it, and synchronous commands would be of little or no use).
#HOW TO CONVERT STL TO A SOLID MESH ENABLER CODE#
As such, you could write code to parse the STL file, create triangular sheet bodies in NX, and sew them all together to get a "solid" body. I believe that the STL file format is published. This is why you cannot measure a diameter on an imported STL file there are no circles or cylinders to query.Ĭhigishev also posted to a similar thread on eng-tips:īased on the screenshot in that thread, I'd guess he's recreating the facet information as triangular sheet bodies then sewing them all together into a "solid". The underlying mathematical definition is lost. When you export your CAD model to STL format, every surface in the model is broken down into planar triangles. The model is built from analytical objects such as planes, cylinders, spheres, b-surfaces, etc. Hope this helps.Most CAD files (NX part files, STEP files, IGES files, etc) store the mathematical definition of the model. Keep in mind I believe it keeps as a default when you change that and you may have to go back and return it to whatever units you normally save in. stl file single select the file you want to open so it is highlighted and down at the bottom there is an Options button, click that and it opens a window, under Units there is an Import Units button, switch that to mm or in depending on how your file was saved out originally. Evan, What I did is when you go to open your. stl was open, I click on the part, then right click, select Convert to Base Feature, I selected output to solid, OK and it was done and worked correctly.Įvan, What I did is when you go to open your. stl came in fine and matched what the customer had. Before we get started with actually converting the mesh model I want to cover some of the terminologies to ensure we’re on the same page, and so you actually understand why we’re converting the model.
#HOW TO CONVERT STL TO A SOLID MESH ENABLER HOW TO#
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So it sees the 12 as the value and the import doesn't know or care what it is but as soon as I changed my import option to mm the. Fusion 360 is very popular among hobbyist and students who enjoy 3D printing. Quick update the convert to brep in Fusion works but only on very low poly / simple meshes Same story with 123D design ' convert to solid' Ive had some success with 3Dmax > Import STL then once imported in the drop down menu ( standard primitive, extended primitive etc ) select body object which greatly simplifies the mesh. The customer exported in mm and I imported in inch. I opened a customer model and it looked correct until I made a measurement and it was 12" the real measurement was 0.473 or 12mm. stl file (inch or mm) when opening the file and change it in your options to match before opening it to keep it at the correct values. Make sure you know what your units are of the. Mesh data Switch workbench to Part workbench. Meshes must not have the hole (manifold). Drag&Drop STL file into 3D view to import geomety. Result of boolean operation with a solid that is created from mesh. This next comment doesn't really have anything to do with how the Mesh Enabler works other than how you import then use the Enabler: With converting meshes to a solid, you can do boolean operations to the geometry that was defined by mesh. The operation steps are as follows: In the WelSim software, create a new FEM Project, and select Import Geometry from the menu or toolbar. Seems to work fine now after Rocky fixed it up. Users can quickly complete the meshing projects by importing STL files, generate tetrahedral solid meshes (Tet4), and export FEA mesh files for subsequent finite element analysis.