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Creating 2D drawing of end view in a stl file
charles_harris178
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I have a .stl file loaded with an end view, to create a 2d drawing with dimensions of the end view do I need to convert the file extension and where are the tabs for creating 2D ?
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Onshape enables you to import three faceted file formats: STL, OBJ and Parasolid Mesh for visualization and referencing. Mesh points are able to be used as vertices for creating planes.
A mesh is imported into Onshape Part Studio, and shown in the Parts lists under Meshes (below Surfaces).
This is from the Help file
If you're unable to get the model in a different format (changing the extension won't help), perhaps you could just re-create the model in onshape.
When you're ready to create a drawing - you start out by clicking the "+" at the bottom of the document window to create a new tab, then select "drawing". Or, you can right-click on the part in the parts list and there is an option to create a drawing of the part.
Check out the tutorials in the help documentation to get an overview of the basic modeling and drawing functions.