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STL to dwg or ai

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Topic: STL to dwg or ai
Posted By: cadfax
Subject: STL to dwg or ai
Date Posted: 16.Aug.2013 at 18:34
Hello,

I have got some stl files and I need to export them to dwg or ai files. The software needs to be freeware.

Thanks for your help :)


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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 16.Aug.2013 at 18:42
If you had access to Inventor Fusion 2013 you could import your STL files then do a "save as" to a DWG file.




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Posted By: marcusCA
Date Posted: 19.Aug.2013 at 23:43
What do you get in the DWG then? a polymesh or a wired surface?
Would you be able to post an example?


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Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 20.Aug.2013 at 10:01
MeshLab is free, will read STL files and export to DXF, which for all intents and purposes is almost equivalent to a DWG because it can imported into AutoCAD and saved as a DWG.

Dave.


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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite

Posted By: marcusCA
Date Posted: 21.Aug.2013 at 00:35
Heinsite thans for your answer. What about the machining then?

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Marcus Minor
ArtClip3D Software
http://www.artclip3d.com

Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 21.Aug.2013 at 02:29
CAD/CAM is really out of my area of expertise.  For that I'd suggest you look around for some forums to join where you can really get into the nuts and bolts of it all.  The one thing I'm fairly certain of is that the answers will be very dependent on the equipment you have or will need to work with.  Don't be too surprised however if you find severe limitations with only freeware solutions.
 
Autodesk has CAD/CAM discussions largely in the Inventor forums, but a Google search will find you many more.  Good hunting!
 
Dave.


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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite


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