How To Edit STL Files - Edit STL Files In FreeCAD - FreeCAD Edit STL
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You can edit STL files in FreeCAD! Yes, FreeCAD can edit STL.
If you only have an STL file and want to edit it, you can do that in FreeCAD.
First you have to import a simple and clean STL file into a new document.
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Then select the STL file, go to the 'Part' workbench and click on the 'Part' tab. Select 'Create shape from mesh'. I couldn't discover visual differences between 0.10 and 0.80 and left it at 0.10. It has something to do with tolerance.
You can delete or make the old files invisible if you want.
Click on the 'Part' tab again and then click on 'Refine shape'. This makes the flat surfaces become less detailed. Click one more time on the 'Part' tab and click on 'Convert to solid' to make the object massive instead of hollow.
When you have created a shape you want to cut out of the original shape, select the original object first. Then select the part you want to cut out and click on the 'Make a cut of two shapes' button.
⚠ This method worked with a clean and simple STL file. Some steps are unlikely to be performed with the wrong STL files.
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For those using the 2021 versions, Refine shape is in the Part -> Create a Copy menu
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I am new to FreeCAD. I know nothing about FreeCAD. I watch the video, follow along on my computer and I take detail notes for reference. I have to watch the video repeatedly to write down the detail. I finally can do something similar in the video, I cut a part of of any existing STL and save it as a new modified STL. I even print it out on my 3D printer successfully. Here is the detailed step by step on how to do it.
1) Open the STL file to load the file into FreeCAD.
2) At the Work Bench drop down menu, select Parts.
3) Select the part you imported on the Combo View Panel CVP) on the left of the screen.
4) Click on Part on the top tab. Click on Create Solid from mesh.
Enter Tolerance (default value)
5) Select the newly created object (meshed solid) on the CVP.
Click on Part (top tab) > Create a copy > Refine Shape. This removes mesh lines.
6) At the CVP, right click on all old object to invisible (toggle visibility)
Select the newly created object by the Refine Shape on the CVP from the step 5.
7) Select the surface that you need to change (cut).
8) At the Work Bench drop down menu, select Sketcher.
Click on the Sketcher button (Red square & circle), Name the surface when prompted.
Use the Sketcher tools to draw the shape you need to add or cut.
Adjust the size according.
9) On the CVP, select the sketcher object and the surface. Hold the Control down to select the second object.
10) Click on the Work Bench drop down menu and select Part
Click on the Extrude button on the tool bar (blue square block with up arrow)
On the CVP, change the Length Along to make a 3D object (cube, cylinder..etc)
A + value goes outside the surface. A - value makes the object into the surface
11) At the CVP, Select the original object and the extruded object by hold down the CTL key.
At the Work Bench drop down menu, select Part
At the tool bar click on the Cut button (White Circle over a blue Circle)
The extrude object now is cut off from the original object.
12) At the CVP, select the resulting Cut object
At the Work Bench drop down menu, select Part > Convert to Solid
13) At the CVP, except the the resulting Cut Solid object, select and delete everything else.
You now end up with the object you want.
14) You are now ready to export the revised object as a STL file.
Select the final object at the CVP
Click on File > Export
Enter a file name
Click on the Save as type drop down menu and select the file type you want to export|.
Or select STL mesh and export the object back to STL.
Have fun!
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finally, a tutorial that actually worked for me!
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@@AllVisuals4U It's been a while that this video is up and I have referred a lot of people to this. Nice work!
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Muy muy util, muchas gracias. Very Very useful, thanks
You're welcome. Nice that it helped you!
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Genial!
Thanks!
Thank you. Very helpful. Was struggling with that and wanted to use FreeCad rather than fusion... Now I can.
I have a question: I see you can work on the imported file as soon as it is a solid. You however also show to make it into a body in your other Video. When and why is it useful/important to make a new body?
Thanks, that's great! When you place it inside a body, you can edit the STL file in the Part Design workbench. This is my favorite workbench for a lot of basic features compared with the Part workbench.
Well i didn't know how it would be possible or not edit .stl file on freecad,now i know it is possible and how.
Thank you.
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Thank you so much 🙏
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It was very helpful. Thank you!
You're welcome!
"no shape selected for extrusion" did every step in this tutorial
It could be that your STL model is too heavy or not suitable for FreeCAD.
Very helpfull, thank you
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Perfect!!!!
Very good!
Thanks! Don't forget to check out my newer video about editing STL Files too.
both 0.18 and 0.19 would freeze on one or the other steps.. i suppose geometry of the object i'm trying is too much for FreeCAD. Blender was able to do it in a second.
Yeah I noticed it too. Some STL files are too have for FreeCAD! Glad you solved it!
Cool. That i wanted to find. Thank you.
Glad I could help you with this video!
Update: Refine Shape is now under Part Menu>Create a Copy>Refine Shape
Thanks!
Can you add a "fillet" to one of the edges of an imported *stl? I am struggling with that at the moment...
Watch my latest video about editing STL files: ua-cam.com/video/Ejt4MXyZmgY/v-deo.html
When in the Part Design workbench, you can add fillets if the model is not too 'heavy'.
@@AllVisuals4U ok great. Will do! I'm still quite lost outside of 'TinkerCAD' but hopefully I'll get there... Thanks for your help!
Thanks! Good luck!
Can I convert flat design to arc Design?
The Sheet Metal workbench could help you maybe. Or do you mean converting the flat curves of an STL file to a smooth one?
My minimum tolerance is defaulted to 1 and will not go any lower. I have 0.19.2 version. Am i doing anything wrong?
Is there a difference between a . and a ,?
What a great video 👏👏 Keep this up .. I have a simple inquiry.. Can l able to use this way to create STL part from 3D model ? and is the imported STL file can open in Solidworks as solid part after exporting it from FreeCad?
I'm telling you that because the model I'm working on has the same holes in this chair model...
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Thank you! You can save any FreeCAD 3D model as an STL. You can also create an STP file in FreeCAD. You can open those files in SolidWorks then.
@@AllVisuals4U Well .. another question, the program does not respond when I open a file with a lot of faces, when I want to create a shape of mesh. Should I leave it for a certain time in order to complete the process or is there a solution to reduce the number of faces for example ?
I think the model is too complex for FreeCAD then. You can try to simplify it in Microsoft 3D Builder or something like that.
@@AllVisuals4U Well .. there is another problem that appears to me when I want to convert the shape into a solid form and it is " cannot convert because shape is not a shell" Can it also be for the same reason?
Maybe the shape is already a solid. And maybe it is the same problem, you can find out by trying to simplify it. Good luck!
hi, nice video! in the end, how to save it as .stl file?
Click on File, then Export. You can save it as an STL file!
How’s come when I hit make a cut of two shaped it completely deletes the stl file that I’m trying to keep. Then it leaves me with my extruded shape... thanks
I am holding ctrl but now when I cut the two shapes it deletes everything
You can choose between Section and Difference with the Boolean operation. I also made another video about Editing STL files in the Part Design workbench.
Whenever I try to create the part from mesh it just keeps loading. Any idea on how to fix this?
I had that too with a complex model. You can try to simplify it in Windows 10 Builder (correct me if i'm wrong). If you try converting again, it should be easier. Good luck!
@@AllVisuals4U I'll try it, thanks!
@@lucahouben1111 Did it work, I am having the same problem.
@AllVisuals4U What is Windows 10 Builder?
Windows 3D Builder is a built in software that can simplify and edit STL models.
@@AllVisuals4U Great I found the program, do you have a video on what is meant by Simplifying it in Window 3D builder?
The Third Task you Perform is Select the New Part & Refine Shape... That Doesn't seem to do anything when I do it. I don't get the third Item listed in my Project pane after that operation is attempted either??? The CPU seems to load & I get the Spinning Circle Cursor for a moment but then nada, No fewer lines either...
Did you make a solid first? Can you try it again with another stl?
yep. Selected stl file went to part workbench - create shape from mesh. 2nd entry appeared in the project pane... All seemed to work. Its jus then next step that does nothing. I really dont have another stl file atm was just trying to modify a 2.5" msata tray to accept a wider cboard. Geoffs mSATA to SATA adapter stl
Maybe it isn't needed then. I think you can edit the STL also without doing the 'Refine shape' step.
Also did you select the latest (the one at the bottom) model in the 'tree' while doing 'Refine shape'?
Ehh when I move on to the next step I dont get choice for flatface but XYZ Plane instead then when I try to draw a box it just grabs and moves the whole object plane around in space instead in sketcher. Geeze. I guess its something about this particular stl file. If you looked at your video and this particular stl file one would think OK this should be an easy mod. but
no go! I appreciate your quickly responding tho'
I'm curious how it goes with another STL file!
But how to edit dimensions of downloaded STL file.
I don't know if that's possible in FreeCAD.
finally someone shows intricate step by step then FreeCad fuks it all up by completely changing the program layout. V0.18 is garbage
Thanks! That's frustrating. In my FreeCAD Course 1.1 video I show you how to make toolbars visible.
When I import an .stl it's not at origin point. How can I move it to the origin?
You an move objects with the 'Placement' tool. Make sure combo view is enabled. I don't know how to move it to the origin at once.
My object disapeared after refine shape
Hmm, maybe it could be too heavy for FreeCAD.
@@AllVisuals4U But the process itself ended in a few seconds , probably 5
Can you proceed without refining?
@@AllVisuals4U i can
im doing it because your video shows it
-_- if its not a compulsary step then i can leave it , eventually im making this one for 3d printing
Which FreeCAD version do you use?
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I rendered it at double speed! You mean the music still sounds nice? Or you can still follow it? Or something else?
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This video is outdated and doesnt work with the latest software update. Dont use this if you have the newest version
Didn't know that, thanks. I also have a second video about this working with the Part Design workbench.
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Maybe you can turn the volume down? 🤔
no commentary, just crappy music. Unusable, sorry
The steps should be described as text.
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