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How to convert an STL file to STEP or Part?

Hello everyone, For the sake of a design I need to convert an STL file to a STEP and then add it back to an assembly. Here are the STLs I want to convert to PCs. Connecteur.rar (2.8 MB) Thank you in advance. Kind regards

Cylindre avec une petite languette sur le dessus du tube

Hello, I’m looking to create an tube with a little tab on the tube with Solidworks. I dont know how to do it. Does anyone know how to do it?

Bar Manipulator

Hello I would like to design a bar manipulator whose size is less than 1mm diam and the length varies between 50 and 120mm. In order to allow the imagination, I will not give information on the solutions already realized or envisaged. The purpose of this manipulator is…

How to convert an STL file to STEP or Part?

Hello everyone, For the sake of a design I need to convert an STL file to a STEP and then add it back to an assembly. Here are the STLs I want to convert to PCs. Connecteur.rar (2.8 MB) Thank you in advance. Kind regards

Cylindre avec une petite languette sur le dessus du tube

Hello, I’m looking to create an tube with a little tab on the tube with Solidworks. I dont know how to do it. Does anyone know how to do it?

Bar Manipulator

Hello I would like to design a bar manipulator whose size is less than 1mm diam and the length varies between 50 and 120mm. In order to allow the imagination, I will not give information on the solutions already realized or envisaged. The purpose of this manipulator is…

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