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How to use feature recognition add-in on stl files

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Anonymous
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How to use feature recognition add-in on stl files

Hello,

I downloaded the autodesk inventor " feature recognition" add-in from the inventor labs website. Then, I opened inventor, went under tools, then clicked the add-in manager icon (the little plus sign). There, I saw the "feature recognition" add-in and set it to "automatic/loaded." Then I imported an stl file and tried to use the feature recognition add-in by selecting and right clicking on the part but could not find the "feature recognition" listed on the list of options. I tried the same thing by selecting the part in the history tree without any success in that way either. Has anyone ever successfully download this feature recognition add-in and used it to convert an stl file to an inventor part and recreate its history tree? How do I make the  feature recognition add-in visible on the ribbon? or how do i call up this add-in so that I can use it? 

 

thanks

- Kent

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coreyparks
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I would doubt very much that it would work on that type of file.  It was meant to be used for solid file types and STL are a faceted surface model made of many triangles I thought? 

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