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Can OnShape convert a mesh file (STL) into a geometry file?

jingfu_liujingfu_liu Member Posts: 1 ✭
in Community Support
I have a STL file with >7000 triangle elements. Just wondering how to convert the mesh to geometry. 

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  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,688
    Meshes can be imported into a Part Studio (may need preprocessing with STL Workbench from the Onshape App Store first), but they can only be used as reference geometry for building sketches etc.
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
  • ben_masefieldben_masefield Member, Developers Posts: 8 ✭
    Alternatively, you can use InStep (Connected Desktop App) to load STL/OBJ files and then upload to Onshape as a Document. That will give you a body to reference/interact with - but (obviously) it won't be parametric/feature based (but you can make holes/changes/etc. just like an imported Step file).
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