{"id":16068,"date":"2021-04-24T13:09:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T11:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3dpartsforyou.com\/?p=16068"},"modified":"2024-10-12T12:17:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T10:17:20","slug":"how-to-edit-stl-files-in-freecad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3dpartsforyou.com\/2021\/04\/24\/how-to-edit-stl-files-in-freecad\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Edit STL Files In FreeCAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16068\" class=\"elementor elementor-16068\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7069f786 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7069f786\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50f7c759\" data-id=\"50f7c759\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f05c741 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f05c741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>One of the things you may come across is that you want to edit an STL file you downloaded. Some sizes may not fit your wishes and you want to change that. Here you can read how i fix this!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As i use FreeCAD for my 3D designs, i like to use it as much as possible. So i also modify STL files with it. However, sometimes an STL model can be unsuitable for FreeCAD. It can be too heavy or it has some other errors inside it.<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I always edit my STL files with FreeCAD. But there are other options like Blender or Meshmixer for example.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I created a few videos about editing STL files and here&#8217;s one of them below. In this video, i use the Part Design workbench, instead of the Part workbench. The Part Design workbench is one of my favorite workbenches to create designs with.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5da8c1f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5da8c1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/-MjAW1mpJCg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72148ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72148ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>How i edit STL files in the Part Design workbench<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d766820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d766820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I also made a video about editing STL files in the Part workbench. You can watch it here below. It&#8217;s\u00a0 older and is the most popular video of the AllVisuals4U channel at the moment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6230493 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6230493\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5lwENZeNiNg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14da23f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14da23f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>How i edit STL files in the Part workbench<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bce9c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bce9c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you imported an STL file in FreeCAD, select the &#8216;Part&#8217; workbench. Then click on the &#8216;Part&#8217; tab and click on &#8216;Create shape from mesh&#8217;. You don&#8217;t have to change the 0,10 value, click OK. You can delete the original STL file. Then select the new model and click on the &#8216;Part&#8217; tab again. Hover over &#8216;Create a copy&#8217; and click on &#8216;Refine shape&#8217;. The model will now have fewer lines on the surfaces. Then select the new model again and click on the &#8216;Part&#8217; tab (for the third and last time). Click on &#8216;Convert to solid&#8217;. Now the model is not hollow anymore. You can delete the two older models. Select the &#8216;Part Design&#8217; workbench and create a new body. Then drag the (imported) model into the body. Now you can create sketches on the model where you want. You can extrude extra parts or cut away specific parts of the model. This all is showed in <a title=\"Edit STL Files In FreeCAD\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ejt4MXyZmgY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> video.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba45ba8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba45ba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So i always edit my STL files with FreeCAD. But there are other options like Blender or Meshmixer for example. Check out my videos on the <a title=\"AllVisuals4U\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/AllVisuals4U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AllVisuals4U<\/a> channel to learn more about FreeCAD!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc9be8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-rs-button\" data-id=\"cfc9be8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"rs-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"rs-btn\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"readon rs_button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZ3nn99kwDQSmmHu9ohYoKQ\" target=_blank>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn_text\">Visit YouTube channel<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>    \r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1930725 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1930725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8290bb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-rs-button\" data-id=\"8290bb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"rs-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"rs-btn\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"readon rs_button\" href=\"https:\/\/3dpartsforyou.com\" target=_blank>\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"btn_text\">Back to homepage<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>    \r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things you may come across is that you want to edit an STL file you downloaded. 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