IMPORT/MODIFY STL
Mostly no, it is not because you have a Personal license. There are a couple of things that are unavailable to you in the Mesh area, but not that many. In general, Fusion is not a mesh modeler. There are some limited mesh editing capabilities in Fusion, but those are mostly aimed at using the mesh as a guide to model the object natively in Fusion, or as reference geometry. You can do limited cleanup of a mesh in Fusion, but Fusion is mostly aimed at precise BRep geometry, not mesh data.
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
as @TheCADWhisperer said: if you can share your design here, it will be easier to help. But, probably, it is best to try to get some basics understood first. For instance, there are several types of geometry that Fusion supports, and each type has its own toolset. You mention Extrude. Extrude only works on Surface or Solid data, and an STL is a mesh. So, that is the first blocker for you. There are ways to convert a mesh to a solid or surface, but they are generally not recommended. A mesh is a collection of thousands of tiny triangles, and if you try to convert to a solid, you end up with an inaccurate solid that is very hard to work with. Depending on the shape of the model, it may be easier to rebuild it as a solid. Or, you may just be better off finding a good mesh modeler to do your work.
Jeff Strater
Engineering Director
@Dmpanhead wrote:
I've attached the .STL.
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Mark Hughes
Owner, Hughes Tooling
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