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STL Import

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STL Import

Anonymous
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Hello,

  I have a small problem.  When I import some STL the scale is not correct but I do not find a way to correct this scale.

 

  Somebody can help me?

 

Thanks

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Mike.Grau
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

Welcome to the Forum. You can maybe try a work around to import your *.stl into Fusion?

 

To Do This, you can follow these steps:

 

  1. You can go into the SCULPT Environment, also called Direct Modeling Environment
  2. When you click at the Insert menu, you will find the option to insert a Mesh as *.stl or *.obj
  3. Once you have selected your file, Fusion will ask you in which Dimension's you want to import your file  

 

Here is a link to a similar post which might help as well. I have created a screen shot which shows where you can find the insert option.

 

Insert_Mesh.png

 

I hope this information helps to import your STL.

 

Thanks,

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Anonymous
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@Mike.Grau Thanks! That helped me. However, I now have a suggestion. I created my model by using the "Import" feature from the Data Panel. This allows me to directly import a STL file as a new model. However, there is no opportunity during this process to define the scale factor. Also, I opened my STL file in a text editor and could clearly see that it specified millimeters as the units. However, F360 imported it as centimeters. This is perhaps a case where having more than one way to do the same thing isn't necessarily good. Perhaps removing the import option from the Data Panel is the best option since starting a new project and inserting an existing file seems a bit more intuitive for me. Regardless how you approach it, the scale should be able to be defined in both processes.

 

Thanks!

Ian

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Mike.Grau
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

I´m glad that you were able to import your design. I agree with you, that would be really helpful to have a feature

which allows you to chose the units to mm, cm or m. Just in case you have not seen this post in the idea station

with the link here, I think this is what we are looking for. I have voted for it.

I would really like to have it in Fusion in the future.

 

Thanks,

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Anonymous
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I've added my vote and some additional comments.

Thanks!
Ian
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Anonymous
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Thanks for your help. I was in busines trip a lot of times theses last week a do not have found time to test your solution but now it is done. Your idea is exactely what I need and it works fine. Thanks
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Anonymous
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Hello @Mike.Grau

      I'm also having this problem. I imported a stl file in inventor and no way a dji phantom drone leg is 8inches in diameter. I was wondering if there are other solutions without using fusion 360? I'm still on inventor 2015. Thank you!

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TheCADWhisperer
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The Inventor forum is over here

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-general-discussion/bd-p/78

I recommend that you simply attach your *.ipt file (and/or*.stl) over there and someone will show you how to fix it.

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Mike.Grau
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

Welcome to the Forum. Could you may post this question in the Inventor Forum and send the link to me via private message?

I´ll get in touch with an Inventor specialist on our end and we´ll  take peek at it.

 

Thanks,

 

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Anonymous
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Hey Mike,

how do i convert the stl file which i imported into fusion? they said they aborted the process as there are too many triangles

thanks

Sincerely Gabriel

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TheCADWhisperer
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@Anonymous wrote:

Hey Mike,

how do i convert the stl file which i imported into fusion? they said they aborted the process as there are too many triangles

thanks

Sincerely Gabriel


On something that simple - I would use Base Feature rather than t-Spline and then Insert.

And then I would probably only use for reference to model a Revolve rather than convert to a B-rep.

Attach your *.stl file here if you can't figure it out.

 

Base Feature.png

 

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Anonymous
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i am trying to but it wont let me select ok, help please? thanks

Sincerely Gabriel

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TheCADWhisperer
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@Anonymous wrote:
i am trying to but it wont let me select ok, help please? thanks

You are trying to do what?  Attach the file here?

Are you on Windows or are you on Mac OS?

 

If Windows, right click on the stl file name and select Sent to Compressed (zipped) Folder.

Attach the resulting *.zip file here.

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Anonymous
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i just want to convert my stl file to a file which i can edit on fusion, there is a screenshot of my problem, if i send you the stl file, it will work on your com, but not mine, please help?:)

SincerelyGabriel

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TheCADWhisperer
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@Anonymous wrote:
... if i send you the stl file, it will work on your com, but not mine...

I don't understand why, if I can get it to work on my computer, I couldn't demonstrate how to get it to work on any computer?

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Here you go:) thanks:)
Sincerely Gabriel

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daniel_lyall
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@Anonymous you for got to add the file,  when you won't some one's attention use @before there name like what I did with your's


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Anonymous
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I see no "sculpt" option. Is this a feature that has been eliminated?sculpt.JPG

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daniel_lyall
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Anonymous
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So according to note in above link sculpt does not import exact sizes?? how does one import a stl and maintain size and shape? What I don't understand is why import doesn't read the units information and import at the correct size? For a program used to design things it would seem size should take on more importance to the developers than appears to be the case.

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