<p>I figured it out. Need to go: Network -> conversion to surface</p>

<p>Then we get a surface that is already easy to work with.</p>

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2019-07-31T21:17:18.147Z
I edit the STL and dxf with Sketchup, the STL to change any 3D surface and DXF to convert 2D to 3D printables.
Fernando Baltazar
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2019-07-30T19:52:11.377Z
2019-07-30T19:52:11.377Z
Джон Смит
<p>I converted the STL file through an online converter <a href="https://www.cadforum.cz/catalog_en/stl2dwg.asp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.cadforum.cz/catalog_en/stl2dwg.asp</a></p>

<p>(I work in the program autocad 2017)
Now I open the resulting DXF and I don’t know how to work with it. How do I merge polygons into a whole model?</p>

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2019-07-30T19:23:47.713Z
What are you trying to achieve? STL is a model defined by its surfaces and ca be properly converted to AutoCAD if done right. https://www.laserscanning-europe.com/en/laserscanning-forum/english-laser-scanning-forum/laserscanning-software/import-stl-autocad Or you use the right plugin: https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6024&title=how-to-open-stl-file-from-autocad
Trish
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2019-07-30T19:39:56.820Z
I do not know how to convert the resulting model into the body. For this reason, I can not do anything with the model in the autocad. I usually created my own models, and it was easy, but for the first time I was faced with converting and editing STL.
Джон Смит
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2019-07-31T13:42:33.120Z
What is your end goal? To bring an existing STL into Autocad to edit it?
Davo
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Getting started with converted STL to DXF
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# Getting started with converted STL to DXF

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-07-30)

I converted the STL file through an online converter <https://www.cadforum.cz/catalog_en/stl2dwg.asp>

(I work in the program autocad 2017)
Now I open the resulting DXF and I don’t know how to work with it. How do I merge polygons into a whole model?

**Tags:** 3d-models, stl
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What are you trying to achieve? STL is a model defined by its surfaces and ca be properly converted to AutoCAD if done right. https://www.laserscanning-europe.com/en/laserscanning-forum/english-laser-scanning-forum/laserscanning-software/import-stl-autocad Or you use the right plugin: https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=6024&title=how-to-open-stl-file-from-autocad  
> **username_0**: I do not know how to convert the resulting model into the body. For this reason, I can not do anything with the model in the autocad. I usually created my own models, and it was easy, but for the first time I was faced with converting and editing STL.  
> **username_2**: What is your end goal? To bring an existing STL into Autocad to edit it?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2019-07-30. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I figured it out. Need to go: Network -> conversion to surface

Then we get a surface that is already easy to work with.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: I edit the STL and dxf with Sketchup, the STL to change any 3D surface and DXF to convert 2D to 3D printables.  

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