+1 for Fusion 360, there are many users here and there are also tons of tutorials on Youtube.
Thanks for the info TMicke and Smithy, but I'm having a bit of trouble trying to change the 3rd part in fusion 360 mainly because it doesn't appear when I open stl files I know it is included in. 😕 And when I finally discovered a file that the Fusion 360 recognizes the 3rd part I can't isolate that specific part from the others (the file in which part 3 is recognized is an older version of the prototype and I made some changes to the other parts and wouldn't want to repeat them again). Maybe if I could ungroup or unsnap all parts I could solve this problem. Can anyone help me?
Best regards,
PTNewbie
Edited by PTNewbieI don't have the language skills to explain this in detail, but you cant edit .stl files in fusion 360.
My suggestion is/was to make new parts in fusion 360. You then convert those files into .stl files.
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From the looks of your picture this would be quite simple actually, and it would be a great project to get to learn fusion 360 if your up to it.
Edited by TMicke1 hour ago, PTNewbie said:Maybe if I could ungroup or unsnap all parts I could solve this problem
Again, I don't know the right terminology but put simply: you wont be able to edit the threads on an .stl file in any program, you would need the "master" file for this.
Did you make the model yourself in FormZ, or have you downloaded a .stl file and wishes to edit it?
5 minutes ago, TMicke said:Again, I don't know the right terminology but put simply: you wont be able to edit the threads on an .stl file in any program, you would need the "master" file for this.
Did you make the model yourself in FormZ, or have you downloaded a .stl file and wishes to edit it?
I created the initial file in 123D design but it was afterwards debugged in formZ. The debugging wasn't made by me and I only have the final stl of the debugging phase, so the answer to your question is that I wished to edit the stl I have received after the debugging.
1 hour ago, PTNewbie said:I wished to edit the stl I have received after the debugging.
That's not really possible or not in a way you would expect. An STL file is a mesh file and can only be edited when you convert it back. But converting doesn't mean you have all the features you had during designing, you only have the faces and that's not enough for further modifications. You can only use very basic functions, cut/combine the model, do some press pulls, make holes, fillets, but not much more. It is also damn slow due to the thousands of faces you get after the conversion.
You would need a source file, a STEP file for example, something you can import in Fusion or any other CAD software to continue designing. The STL is the end product of your workflow.
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This might be a really stupid answer (or rather not an answer at all), but if you could consider using another software I have a suggestion;
I’m using Fusion 360 that’s made by autodesk. It’s free to use for personal and educational use. It’s available for Mac and PC. There you easily can make threaded bolts and nuts and what ever you like. It has a ton of different threads built in that you easily can choose from.
Best of luck!
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