STL Import for Inventor

STL Import for Inventor is a Stereolithography (stl) file import add-in for Inventor. This add-in gives Inventor the ability to import polygon data from ASCII and Binary stl files.

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STL Import for Inventor reads polygon mesh data stored in stl files and imports it into Inventor. A polygon mesh in a stl file is comprised of a set of triangular faces. STL Import for Inventor creates trimmed planar surfaces for each triangle/quad and knits them together to create a body. If the polygon mesh is closed (i.e. it does not contain boundary edges) then STL Import for Inventor will create a closed body feature, otherwise an open surface will be created.

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STL Import for Inventor is very easy to use. STL Import for Inventor adds new commands to Inventor. It also adds a ribbon bar to the Inventor user interface called "Add-Ins" containing these new commands.