{"id":369762,"date":"2024-06-04T11:59:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T11:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-import-stl-file-into-spaceclaim-and-create-a-body\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T11:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T11:59:45","slug":"how-to-import-stl-file-into-spaceclaim-and-create-a-body","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-import-stl-file-into-spaceclaim-and-create-a-body\/","title":{"rendered":"How to import .stl file into SpaceClaim and create a body?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to do a contaminant migration simulaiton in ocean. Now I found geospatial coordinate data in MATLAB and ploted three-dimension image in MATLAB.&nbsp; I exported the image as .stl file and imported it into SpaceClaim. But it becomes facets rather than a body as shown below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/04-06-2024-1717501070-mceclip0.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/04-06-2024-1717501122-mceclip1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/04-06-2024-1717502141-mceclip2.png\" width=\"399\" height=\"213\"><\/p>\n<p>The image at left is axial position and right one is top view. Facets is shown in structural tree. From my viewpoint, I think the reason may be like that: .stl file exported from MATLAB is merely spatial coordinate and when imported into CAD software it automatically link the points and form intersected surfaces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have tried to repair Facets in Facets and Repair panel but nothing worked.<\/p>\n<p>Any suggestions would be highly appreciated!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-369762","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-3d-geomertry","topic-tag-facets-2","topic-tag-matlab","topic-tag-spaceclaim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["51510","2327"],"_bbp_author_ip":["184.24.96.207"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1031"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["369762"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["2327","51510"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["369820"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["369820"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-06-04 15:54:42"]},"test":"bfdef4e41fe840e99014e0c0ef18055b3cd7380f"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/369762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/369762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}