How do I upload files from a site like thingiverse

[mattrun7]

First of all thanks for taking the time to help me. I am extremely new to Fusion 360 and im not even done with the tutorials. I wanted to edit a file from thingiverse but when I tried to open it after uploading it would only show a preview in my internet browser. I took it through another CAD program to convert It to an OBJ file and now it opens in fusion but its entirely made of mesh. So my question is either A: how do I open an STL from thingiverse or B: how do I convert something made of mesh to faces that I can turn into bodies and components. 

Thanks a ton for the help -Matt

[jhackney1972]

In my screencast I show how I convert a STL file to a body.  The surface facets are still showing.  I also show you one of my ways to use surfaces to get rid on the surface facets on some of the features.  This does not work on all models.

[mattrun7]

I tried what you suggested (convert mesh to b-rep) but it keeps warning me that I have to many facets and then it aborts the operation. Is their another way to do it or is their a way to use the mesh model as a template to make a solid body over top of it? Thanks again for the help -Matt

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

You can copy - reproduce in Fusion articles, 

Load the Mesh, then use

Sketch > Mesh > Create Mesh Section.  This will supply section views of the mesh on a sketch plane of your choosing,

Then Sketch > Mesh > Fit Curves to Mesh Section, will make Sketch Articles that are std Fusion Sketch articles,

Might help....

[mattrun7]

Thanks for the suggestion. Its not perfect but at least I don't have to start from scratch 🙂

[Anonymous]

Try using myminifactory. It is much more easy to use.

[Anonymous]

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The availability of prints is varied and reasonably priced (approximately 60,000). Except for Thingiverse, MyMiniFactory asserts that each file must transfer a software inspection and be displayed by society before it has published, reducing printing mistakes. Here are some more alternatives.