STL File Manipulation & 3D Design Software
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3D Design Software
Software | License | Experience Level | Website |
Autodesk 123D | Freeware | Beginner | ​http://www.123dapp.com/​ |
OpenSCAD | GNU GPL | Amateur | ​http://www.openscad.org/​ |
FreeCAD | GNU LGPL | Amateur | ​http://freecadweb.org/​ |
Seamless3D | MIT | Intermediate | |
Google Sketchup | Freemium | Intermediate | ​http://www.sketchup.com/​ |
SolidWorks | Commercial | Expert | |
Blender | GNU GPL | Expert | ​https://www.blender.org/​ |
Rhino3D | Commercial | Expert | ​https://www.rhino3d.com/​ |
STL File Manipulation Software
Software | License | Capabilities | Website |
Netfabb basic (free) | Freeware | Fill missing triangles, flip inverted triangles, and more | ​http://www.netfabb.com​ |
Slic3r (free) | Freeware | Capable of splitting a STL assembly into multiple STLs, merge STLs together, and create build plates | ​http://slic3r.org​ |
Materialise Magics | Commercial | A combination of Netfabb and Slic3r | |
Autodesk Meshmixer | Freeware | Use it to import stl files and manipulate them. You can split parts, add joints, merge parts, and add shapes to parts (like cubes, spheres, weird features) | |
Slash 3D | Freeware | Import STL models and hack away at them like Minecraft, or make blocked things from scratch and download as an STL. |
Updated: May 08 (3 months ago)
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