What's inside an .STL? Edit an .STL file using a text editor!

[@powerxcode5333]

I was going to make a custom 3d printer script for my arduino. This video helped so much!

[@AndrewSink]

@@powerxcode5333 Great, glad to hear it!

[@AhmedAbdullah-t4d]

brother you have no idea how helpfull this was for me

[@AndrewSink]

Thanks! Glad you got some use out of it!

[@PrintThatThing]

This is amazing, Andrew. So helpful and cool. Love you're using Blender too!

[@AndrewSink]

Blender FTW!

[@TheClem9779]

​@@AndrewSink Hey do you think it would be possible to utilize the info given in a STL file to calculate the surface area of the object?

[@AndrewSink]

@@TheClem9779 For sure! Should be able to that easily on Blender!

[@ajarivas72]

@@TheClem9779 With a neural net will be a piece of cake 🍰

[@hikolanikola8775]

Amazing explanations, would be nice to see some custom G-code compilers out of those STL's

[@vaibhavbhaskar8732]

Why does the slicing software interpret the hollow body as solid, despite deleting the face? I'm sorry if this is a dumb question. Also if you orient the top face such that it is on the left side, would the body behave like a hollow body?

[@1qsx-c4v1q]

Hello, could you please tell me how to name the face sets in an STL file in ASCII format?

[@GauravG91]

Awesome explanation ! Thanks !

[@AndrewSink]

Glad I could help!

[@greengate3d]

Always interesting, Andrew! I really like your work. Related to .STL files, is it possible to edit a G-Code? I've always wondered if we had a G-Code that worked well printing a single, small file, *and without recreating those settings, and re-exporting it*, could we edit a G-Code to allow for MULTIPLE prints of that same file?

[@harishkumarlaxmikantgajako1044]

Hey, Thanks for the video. I was wondering if you could explain how do we understand a binary stl file

[@AndrewSink]

If you're not a computer, you're going to have a hard time with binary .STL files. ASCII is the way to go for a human readable format.

[@bvdlio]

Great video!

[@AndrewSink]

Thanks! It’s one of my favorite videos of all the ones I’ve made, so that really means a lot. 🥹

[@fenrirnobody2694]

Where are you finding the text? I've seriously been trying and I can't open it in any way that is intelligible.

[@AndrewSink]

You'll only see text if the file is saved as an ASCII stl and not a binary one. You can import the file into Meshmixer and export as an ASCII stl if you only have a binary one available!

[@fenrirnobody2694]

@@AndrewSink ahhh, that's good to know. Thank you. This will be very helpful.

[@walterisraelmoscosozarate8768]

Beautiful Video Thaks

[@AndrewSink]

Glad you liked it!

[@Meshtro3D]

hey which software you used for mouse track

[@AndrewSink]

Google Slides! 🤣

[@chestar3717]

how did you manage to create shape with round numbered vertex? because mine is a mess with a lot of decimals

[@AndrewSink]

I made mine from scratch, so I picked integers!

[@chestar3717]

@@AndrewSink using blender?

[@AndrewSink]

Yup!

[@sankhadipdev5768]

what is the difference between normal stl and STL Ascii and how to convert an stl file to STL Ascii

[@AndrewSink]

An ASCII STL is human-readable, while a binary STL is not. A program like Meshmixer can typically import and export both types, but I’ve never tried explicitly converting one. Give it a shot and let me know how it goes for you!

[@sahilkulria7325]

can you please explain how to do slicing of an stl file using matlab

[@AndrewSink]

FYI, this comment sparked off a lot of great ideas on Twitter, check it out! twitter.com/AndrewASink/status/1419711316751695877

[@Сергей-ц3й7ц]

Really cool!

[@AndrewSink]

Thanks!

[@Сергей-ц3й7ц]

@@AndrewSink but what text editor do you use? (I tried notepad but it was not successful attempt)

[@tech445]

how do you upload the text of the stl to blender into a 3d model?

[@AndrewSink]

You can just upload the STL into Blender directly!

[@paarthisharma7844]

How I can read printer parameter from stl file in python

[@AndrewSink]

You should be able to parse through them directly as a text file!

[@FilamentFrenzy]

Cool video 😉

[@AndrewSink]

Hahaha, thanks!

[@nor_makes]

Didn’t learn anything! I already know what’s in St. Louis it’s just like buildings and people and stuff. Idk they also have an arch they’re sooooooo proud of.

[@AndrewSink]

Legit laughed out loud at this one.

[@4funrc11]

No quad .STL's? 😃

[@flaguser4196]

emacs might be simpler than blender

[@1qsx-c4v1q]

Hello, could you please tell me how to name the face sets in an STL file in ASCII format?