New guy question

STLs are stereolithography files — 3D triangular meshes which represent 3D shapes — they’re not really editable (though you can load them into for example Microsoft 3D Builder and modify them to some extent).

You’ll need a 3rd party 3D CAM tool which will import STLs to make them into G-Code — options include:

The former is the easiest, but is an additional purchase.

I would suggest starting with “Design and Make” — there are a number of free 3D models and that will at least get you started. I did a basic tutorial on this at: