{"id":55198,"date":"2017-10-17T10:15:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T10:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/55198\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T10:15:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T10:15:20","slug":"55198","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/55198\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Work with STL file"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\">One cannot import an .STL file directly into Mechanical. However one can convert .STL file into CAD file through Spaceclaim and then import the CAD file into Mechanical. 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