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

Have you ever wondered what's inside an .STL file? Did you know you can open an .STL file in a text editor? In this video, we're going to dive in and learn about how exactly an .STL file stores a 3D model using lines of code! MORE BELOW -------↡↡↡↡

TOOLS & STUFF:

GreenGate3D Recycled PETG Filament (aff link)

Anet ET5X 3D Printer

Prusament PLA Filament

LINKS:

Blender

Music:

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Thanks for watching and have fun printing!

#STL #3DPrinting #CAD

[hikolanikola]

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

[wskoqkl]

brother you have no idea how helpfull this was for me

[PrintThatThing]

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

[vaibhavbhaskar]

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?

[greengated]

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?

[tech]

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

[chestar]

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

[smallnuts]

How would I look up a already sliced model to see the settings?

[harishkumarlaxmikantgajako]

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

[MeshtroD]

hey which software you used for mouse track

[sahilkulria]

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

[sankhadipdev]

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

[fenrirnobody]

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

[paarthisharma]

How I can read printer parameter from stl file in python

[minouratoshi]

What editor can edit an STL file in ASCII?

Meshmixer can genetrate an STL file in ASCII, and LibreOffice Writer can read this file and convert the file into .tex file. However, some information is lost when thsis coversion is done.

Reading an STL file in ASCII by LibreOffice Writer and save it as .otd or .tex file:
File Explorer > select New > OpenDocument Text > LibreOffice Writer > Open
> select an ASCII STL file > save as ODF Text Document (otd) or Text

If someone knows any free editor that can be used to edit an STL file in ASCII, please let me know.

[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 proud of.