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carcru Associate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 26	STL files... 05/18/2007 3:53 PM
	Is there a way to "fuse" or merge two independently imported STL files and then create a single STL as a result? I am trying to rapid prototype a model, but half of it is 100% modeled in Solidworks and the detailed part was actually hand sculpted and digitally scanned. I am now trying to combine both of these STL files so that I can prototype them as 1 solid. Any ideas?
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garyceng Power-User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North East Pennsylvania Posts: 331 Good Answers: 7	#1 Re: STL files... 05/19/2007 12:10 AM
	Can't you import the STL as a solid then do a boolean add operation to combine the two? __________________ Men are like steel, if they lose their temper they are worthless.
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Anonymous Poster	#2 Re: STL files... 05/19/2007 12:15 AM
	Well you have to solidify and merge both body geometry and regenerate a single STL file. Are you using SOLIDWORK?
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Anonymous Poster	#3 In reply to #2 Re: STL files... 05/21/2007 8:32 AM
	I HAVE USED MESHWORKS TO MAKE STL MODELS, IMPORTED THEM INTO NX AND MADE MODELS WITH EDITED THEM...HOWEVER I CANT EXPORT THEM...IF YOU COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPORT THEM THEN NX WOULD BE YOUR SOLUTION HUNT8989@YAHOO.COM CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION...
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carcru Associate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 26	#4 In reply to #2 Re: STL files... 05/21/2007 8:33 AM
	That's the problem - you can't merge a solid model with an STL file because Solidworks doesn't recognize the STL as solid geometry, but rather, it sees it as simply a graphic.
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unclefastguy Power-User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In a mushroom field somewhere in Canada. Kept in the dark and fed sh--, well you know. Posts: 312	#5 Re: STL files... 05/22/2007 9:05 AM
	Carcru: Try these guys, http://www.handyscan3d.com/. They have a hand held 3D scanner system which outputs files in .stl format for SW. I am sure if you talk to one of their apps people they have a work around in SW for you. I have the same problem with a car fender I had scanned and wanted to modify in SW. Unfortunately, I have to brute force it out and recreate the fender in SW using the .stl file. Good luck __________________ Dirt is for vegetables. Pavement is for racing.
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shanem8888 Active Contributor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bakersfield, CA Posts: 18	#6 Re: STL files... 05/22/2007 1:05 PM
	But you could make a solid box around your stl file then subtract it from your box and then fill it to get your solid file. __________________ "Better a diamond with a flaw, than a pebble without." Confucius
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carcru Associate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 26	#7 In reply to #6 Re: STL files... 05/24/2007 11:52 AM
	Thanks for the advice guys!
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