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stl format, extra lines
ehsan_pazooki
Member Posts: 52 ✭
Hello guys,
i have some stl files and I would like to edit them in Onshape. But I see a lot of lines on the surfaces and I don't like it. Is there any way to fix it?
Best regards
Ehsan Pazooki
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Jake_Rosenfeld
Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,646 
@ehsan_pazooki
STL is a mesh file format. Inherently, it is just triangle tessellation data with no higher-order division of faces and edges. Can you get a b-rep file for this data to import into Onshape instead of a mesh file? STEP, IGES, X_T (parasolid) are all examples of files we import that would come with more data than just triangle mesh. A full list of supported file formats is here: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/translation.htmJake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team5
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STL is a mesh file format. Inherently, it is just triangle tessellation data with no higher-order division of faces and edges. Can you get a b-rep file for this data to import into Onshape instead of a mesh file? STEP, IGES, X_T (parasolid) are all examples of files we import that would come with more data than just triangle mesh. A full list of supported file formats is here: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/translation.htm