Mesh Import

Export Mesh

Mesh

Mesh ImportMesh‏‎ ‎
Menu location
Meshes → Import Mesh
Workbenches
Mesh
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
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See also
Std Import, Mesh Export

Description

This tool allows you to add a file *.STL, *.AST, *.BMS, *.OBJ, *.OFF, *.iv, *.PLY to the current document.

Usage

1. Invoke the ImportMesh command several ways:
   • Press on the button in the Mesh toolbar
   • Use the Meshes → Import Mesh... entry from the Meshes menu.
2. Select the file to be imported

Links

Export Mesh

Mesh

Mesh

• Miscellaneous: Import mesh, Export mesh, Create mesh from shape, Regular solid, Unwrap Mesh, Unwrap Face
• Modifying: Harmonize normals, Flip normals, Fill holes, Close hole, Add triangle, Remove components, Remove components by hand, Smooth, Refinement, Decimation, Scale

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• Boolean: Union, Intersection, Difference
• Cutting: Cut mesh, Trim mesh, Trim mesh with a plane, Create section from mesh and plane, Cross-sections
• Components and segments: Merge, Split by components, Create mesh segments, Create mesh segments from best-fit surfaces

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• Analyze: Evaluate and repair mesh, Face info, Curvature plot, Curvature info, Check solid mesh, Boundings info
• Additional: Import Export Preferences, OpenSCAD Workbench, Mesh Scripting

User documentation

• Getting started
• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
• Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

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• Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
• Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web

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• Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

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• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub