Importing STL with multiple objects, only one object appears in Cura

[THX1138 1]

I have an STL file with two objects in it. When I import it into Cura 2.4, only one of the objects is imported. If I try to import the same STL again, it puts in another copy of the same object. Why is it doing that?

[nallath 1,120]

Are you very sure that both models were exported? Did you try to see what happens if you import the model in another program?

[THX1138 1]

The above screenshot is another program in which I opened the STL. It's actually the same program that exported the STL in the first place (123D Design).

[nallath 1,120]

The above screenshot is another program in which I opened the STL. It's actually the same program that exported the STL in the first place (123D Design).

Okay. Could you share the stl file / cura logs?

[THX1138 1]

Here's a link to the STL file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ks3kr8dy6y30bg/Test%20fit%201%20mm%20%2B%201%20mm%20%3D%202%20mm.stl?dl=0

Here's a link to my cura.log: https://www.dropbox.com/s/viln2ycctdc4wx8/cura.log?dl=0

Edited March 27, 2017 by Guest

[DaHai8 74]

Strange behavior indeed.

S3D only imports one of the models as well. However, if I convert it to ASCII Format STL, S3D imports both of them.

Cura will only import one model regardess of STL format....

However, exporting it as OBJ allows importing of both models in Cura and S3D. So as a quick work-aound, see if you can export your models as OBJ and import them into Cura.

Sounds like an STL format compatibility issue somewhere.

[nallath 1,120]

Sounds like an STL format compatibility issue somewhere.

 

Which is odd, because binary stl is probably the simplest format out there. The only thing you can mess up is the header length, but that means it's a exporter issue.

[DaHai8 74]

OK, the problem is that there is more than one 'solid' defined in the .stl file.

I didn't initially think this was a problem because .stl files can contain more than one manifold object. But apparently, Cura, S3D, and Slic3r cannot handle having solid appearing more than once in an .STL file - they will only read the first occurrence and ignore the others.

I don't know enough about the STL format to say whether multiple solid defines are syntactically allowed in that format or not.

But, to fix this (other than exporting as an OBJ file), would be to 'combine' your objects into a single entity in your editor (123D). I don't know how to do that in 123D, but in Meshmixer, you would select both objects and then click on Edit / Combine. Then when you export them as .STL, there will be only 1 'solid' declaration in the file, but 2 manifolds (one for each part).

Hope this helps.

Edited March 28, 2017 by Guest

[nallath 1,120]

As far as I know, binary STL can only have a single solid.

[kmanstudios 1,120]

I was pointed to this thread from another and I can attest that binary .STL can have more than one solid in it. Say three Tori not connected instead of just one by itself.

The other thread had a problem like this and it seemed to be an .STL compatibility issue and the file was ASCII.

Unless I misread the above. This is the link to the file I fixed. It is what I think is going on here.

[junsharper 0]

TRY to import STL file into cura, it only allows me to import one file, try to import another file and it open up another cura 4.0 ??? Try to open/import the STL file in fusion 360, but it won’t open the file ???

If I can import the stl files in fusion 360 me be I can group them and out put it to STL ??? Can anyone help