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Permalink Reply by Pascal Golay on May 5, 2013 at 6:12pm

Hi Andrew- any file format that can be read by Rhino can be saved to 3dm format - Open the  STL file in Rhino and hit Save...

-Pascal

pascal@mcneel.com

Permalink Reply by Andrew R on May 6, 2013 at 5:45am

Thanks Pascal, but maybe I should have been clearer..... is there a way to go from the "mesh" to the Nurbs?

Permalink Reply by James Carruthers on May 6, 2013 at 6:11am

Not automagically, or easily, except in certain special trivial cases, it's one of the most advanced, least-fun things you can do with Rhino. The software that claims to do it automatically costs a ton and produces generally very nasty results. So the next question would be, do you really really need to do this, what is the end goal?

Permalink Reply by Andrew R on May 6, 2013 at 7:00am

Thanks James.

I mistakenly deleted a .3dm file from a flashdrive thinking it was a duplicate. I have the .stl file of that model but wanted to make a few slight changes.... seems I might be out of luck. Lesson learned.

 

Permalink Reply by James Carruthers on May 6, 2013 at 7:07am

Dang...yeah, NURBS to mesh is a one-way trip. You can basically use the mesh as a template to help you reconstruct the model.