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Which editor can I use so I can see STL file created in Onshape ?

konstantinos_kokonstantinos_ko Member Posts: 1 EDU
edited March 2018 in Community Support
Hi,

I am trying to read the scrit of an STL file but I cannot. I have tried VIM in Ubuntu as well as Notepad ++ in Windows but still I can see only something like this:

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Thank you in advance

Costa

Answers

  • brian_jordanbrian_jordan Member, Developers Posts: 144 ✭✭✭
    Is the STL file in Binary format? I export in Text format and the files are easily readable and editable in eg Notepad++
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