CC PRO Editing STL

[CrookedWoodTex (Tex (Don't Mess With My Texas!))]

Is it possible for CC PRO to edit existing STL files?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

No. It can’t import them either.

I suspect it won’t get that feature so as not to compete with MeshCAM.

I use Microsoft’s 3D Builder to edit STLs, then do CAM in MeshCAM (used to use pyCAM, and some folks have good luck w/ FreeMill).

[MindlessCorpse]

Would vcarve pro be an “all-in-one” alternative for opening and sending STL files?
I have read in the wiki where other programs are “mentioned” but not listed as an effective"all in one" alternative to open and edit and/or manipulate 3d objects and send or save.
I am very new to this and learning as quick as I can find useful info.
I guess basically what I want to find out is. Can the shapeoko with carbide create and carbide motion open and process 3-d files. I think I have found that answer to be a resounding No.
It is so odd that a company with “3d” in it’s name does not handle 3d files.
So what is the least complicated way to carve online purchased 3d work with the shapeoko?

[Julien]

Try this maybe ? Full C3D ecosystem PLUS programming goodness from @fenrus:

From STL file to Carbide Create (PRO) [screenshots included] (outdated, please see updated instructions in tutorial section)

Today I played a bit with taking STL files into Carbide Create (PRO). This is a work in progress, but the question comes up here often enough that I figured I should show screenshots of what this process looks like Step 1: Find a suitable STL file Not all STL files you can find on the internet are suitable for machining on your Shapeoko. 3D printers can print “true 3D” objects that contain hollow areas underneath solid areas. With the Shapeoko, you can only “cut from the top”, so the hollow a…

[fenrus (Arjan van de Ven)]

I realize that downloading software from the internet is not great so I’m going to see if I can port the thing to javascript and it just run in your local browser… now that I’m trying to learn javascript that could be an interesting challenge

[fenrus (Arjan van de Ven)]

https://fenrus75.github.io/FenrusCNCtools/javascript/stl2png.html

it’s alive … alive…

well sort of. It functions. not fast at all yet

next steps

• make it look a bit nicer
• performance performance performance
• support ASCII STL files in addition to binary

and maybe

• generate gcode straight from the web page

[Julien]

So cool! I’m throwing various STLs at it and for now it kinda chokes on large ones but I love where this is going (fork this thread maybe ?)

[fenrus (Arjan van de Ven)]

it’ll be 100x faster in maybe an hour or so

[wb9tpg (Gary Mitchell)]

@MindlessCorpse

Would vcarve pro be an “all-in-one” alternative for opening and sending STL files?

Vcarve won’'t edit a STL but will allow you to resize it. You need A$pire to edit on using Vectric products so I use Blender for free to create or edit STL files. It’s very powerful.