topic Re: STL to IPT to STEP conversion in Inventor Forum

STL to IPT to STEP conversion

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:49:25 GMT

Hello all,

I received an exported STL file which was originally made in Rhino and I was able to open it in Autodesk 2019 and make it into IPT. However, when I try to export as STP, it saves no data.

Please, I need help with this because this isn't a large STL file at all (6MB) and I have a 8GB RAM laptop so memory shouldn't be an issue here (if it ever was one). My ultimate goal is to get a STP out of this file.

I tried SolidWorks but that is acting out worse than Inventor.

File attached below.

Re: STL to IPT to STEP conversion

JDMather — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:46:29 GMT

Do you realize that stl is generally worthless for anything other than 3D printing?

AutodeskMeshEnabler

Re: STL to IPT to STEP conversion

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:46:53 GMT

@JDMather I tried using a IGES file but it was stuck at 95%.

Re: STL to IPT to STEP conversion

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:51:00 GMT

@JDMather I was able to make it into IPT but is it not possible that it would be able to save as STP since (I hope) it's not a graphics body?

Re: STL to IPT to STEP conversion

mcgyvr — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:02:46 GMT

You need to install/use Mesh Enabler..

https://apps.autodesk.com/INVNTOR/en/Detail/Index?id=6950391119076900441&appLang=en&os=Win64

Install that.. Open your stl.. Convert to base feature... Export as step..

Re: STL to IPT to STEP conversion

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:15:47 GMT

@mcgyvr Thanks. Will try out and update.

Re: STL to IPT to STEP conversion

lena.talkhina — Thu, 07 May 2020 10:34:52 GMT

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