How to Import and Edit STL Files in Fusion 360

Quick down and dirty tutorial for anyone that needs a refresher. Get back to your day in under 2 minutes.
This tutorial is for the paid version of Fusion 360.

[@TheTechBasement]

The man went straight to the point like a laser. Well done!

[@bryanofthings]

There’s plenty of fantastic videos of how to do this. Some people just need a little refresher. Thank you

[@nabrup3]

Finally, a to the point video! I'm tired of the 45 minute videos with 40 minutes of chatter.

[@PatatasJ]

Prismatic is not available for personal use.

[@ARMYStrongHOOAH17]

Yes it is. Organic is not

[@AW-jy2yl]

Same problem. Unfortunately not available for personal use.

[@Skewhoop]

Then use the other one 😂

[@axsdenied9416]

Using the "other one" creates a bunch of triangles you have to take care of curves have to be recreated @@Skewhoop

[@dugy40]

@@ARMYStrongHOOAH17no it’s not. Just tried it

[@SUPPORTYOURSELF]

I fire up fusion360 about once a week and watch this video every single time, lol. Thanks!

[@MrDynamik1]

You saved me so much time, I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial, Thank you! The perfect way to do tutorials like this IMO, short and to the point.

[@user-zz6zd2ip4c]

Thank you so much. Very quick and precise instruction and EXACTLY what I needed!

[@russbean4960]

Such a perfect video and the results are so clean. Thank you!

[@joshwidener]

I have the educational license and this worked perfectly. I have watched five videos before seeing yours and this example blew all of them away. Thanks for sharing.

[@mo0dz3dprints16]

Howww??

[@Dejejfnfnncncnc]

mine aint working
@@mo0dz3dprints16

[@justinreed1388]

HOw?? I have the educational version, too. the Prismatic isn't allowed on this version.

[@pejmanhesami7910]

Mine too it doesn't let the Prismatic.

[@Dvorkin82]

convert prismatic only in paid subscription :\

[@sadkingbilly4531]

Yep. Went along and got kicked in the n*ts.

[@requazer5680]

perfect tutorial, straight to the point, thanks a lot^^

[@mehtabkhatri]

Thank you for the precise video. *Big thumbs up*

[@dibeda96]

Thank you very much. Keep up with the great content!

[@greatdane3343]

Awesome info.
Thanks mate.

[@farshadbagheri]

WOW! I have been trying to do this for years. Thanks a million for the video.

[@girthfrombirth4408]

absolute legend thank you so much

[@backwoodsengineer]

Now this is how you make a how to video. Very concise.

[@utkf16]

Exactly what I needed thank you

[@bhavana1186]

OMG 😱 you're so awesome 😭 I completed my project within minutes.. just because of you 😭❤️ love you so much..😭❤️💫 thanks buddy..😭❤️💫

[@Kay8B]

If your using personal license this will still work but with a slight bit more effort as you won't have prismatic. Once you get your body it may have a lot of faces/lines. When you get to that stage click the surface tab -> modify -> merge. Select two faces you want to join (start with just two big surfaces) do not select chain and press ok. This should drastically clean up lines and you can can continue this until your happy.

[@mzdial]

Just figured out from the Autodesk help that Merge doesn't show up in the menu unless...
The Merge command works only within a single body.
The Merge command is only available in Direct Modeling mode, when design history is turned off.

[@Siddheswarz-356]

Thanks bro You saved me from trouble

[@marccoogan6190]

You made this soooooo easy!

[@killving]

Thank you. great video😊

[@skillz_311]

Excellent, straight to the point video!!!! i'd love to see how you change the dimensions of the hole from the very same example model.

[@harryhalfmoon]

Great video - To the point and still detailed enough. Even with an eastern background tune - fancy ;-) Thanks!

[@bryanofthings]

I watch a lot of youtube videos and find the eastern background music engaging. Gotta keep messing around.

[@WinteR5]

@@bryanofthings its not easter, rather asia/middle asia or India type of music

[@steve9226]

First class, thank you.

[@riajhasib8810]

that background music is so nice!

[@skywatcher369]

Awesome! I needed this!

[@Str8GasGenetics]

you are the goat keep this up and youll be #1

[@gingabeard7090]

thanks for the help. worked awesome. only faceted on free version though but still worked.

[@kidbest100]

you've got no fuckin' clue how long I've been trying to figure this out brother, thank you

[@mhemanth3062]

Beneficial 💯
Thank you

[@jomac_ph]

perfect! thank you

[@joaoramos2646]

SALVOU MINHA VIDA !!! OBRIGADO !!! TKSSSSS

[@mcclainmartensen6254]

Great tutorial! Super concise and informative :)

[@framemaker]

Thanks! from Korea.

[@alexandroabadrios6814]

I love you, you saved my project

[@bryanofthings]

lol

[@VynZography]

Excellent! Thanks!

[@classicdoorknob]

WOW! 1000000% subscribed

[@Rhine23singh]

thank you for the video

[@coulterjb22]

Excellent!

[@aakoksal]

Only works for paid versions...!!!

[@bryanofthings]

Yeah, I put that in the description

[@TheAciditty]

Put it in the title.@@bryanofthings

[@jarodrussell8110]

What if once you load the stl and go to the mesh tab it will not let you select anything to generate face groups? It will only let me select faces on the stl in sketch or solid. I can’t select anything in mesh

[@SwapnilV]

But its hollow. How do you make it a solid?

[@brandonhooper7748]

Thank you.

[@naseebramlakhan3906]

thanks you .

[@highwayshark1122]

Very helpful but when I convert mesh it comes out as a giant sphere?

[@seanburke997]

This is great, but I'm on the free version so no prismatic mode. Trying to figure out what to do with all these triangles.

[@user-tz6iz9yq6v]

I do not have the paid verzion. Can else can i do?

[@sjbots]

That is exactly what I needed! Thanks!

[@bryanofthings]

I tried to make it quick. Glad it helped.

[@Spicyanvil]

Thanks! I am trying to draw on a surface of the mesh but I can't. I select the face to draw on but then it projects away from the mesh? PLS HELP

[@gursisingh1940]

Doesn't work. Prismatic tells me I need to pay for

[@zajawamotocykle9256]

:( me too

[@kbruin79]

Short and very useful tutorial, thank you. When I convert mesh I get compute failed and end up with a solid body with missing faces. Any idea why?

[@BelowAverageGaming]

Same here, did you ever figure this out?

[@kbruin79]

@@BelowAverageGaming No, I haven’t worked on it since.

[@lionelmuskwe]

Super stuff

[@graphguy]

wow.... this was like magic.
I have spent a (noob) significant amount of time trying to do this, watched a few other videos and they all were mediocre at best.
THANKS!

[@bryanofthings]

Thanks. Did the same thing. Felt I should make a vid when I figured it out

[@hafsabenouahi7696]

Past this part, can you change the dimensions of the faces? for example make the diameter of the whole in the middle bigger or smaller? if so how? Great tutorial by the way :)

[@bryanofthings]

I wouldn’t try to change anything. Use the new solid body to project edges on a new sketch and make your dimensional changes there. Then make your own solid body

[@piranin666]

thx

[@em11l]

Oh my lord, thank you

[@micah2936]

This just gives me a surface. How can I make it completely solid?

[@travisguilbeau8404]

YES! I was wonder how I could get an STL to work for my 2nd operations. When I export STL’s it converts them to meters and the part is wayyy bigger, how can I fix that?

[@bryanofthings]

Are the document settings set to metric? I’ll can take a look at it if you want to send me the file

[@yasin_uyghur]

I am using free version and i could not use the Parametric feature, what is the different between Faceted and Parametric ?

[@AbdoZaInsert]

شكرًا جزيلًا.

[@patricklang7201]

do you mind to check how is this done with the free version?

[@tanthanhdat]

But it can not join body trom body make by stl file and body by extrude !!

[@user-fn6mc9kh3w]

the music at the end is so good. whats the name

[@robyone7729]

My macbook pro 2015 is still processing.... that's it.... now I understand that I have an old computer.

[@civicsr2cool]

Thank you for the quick and dirty 🤘

[@dinkarpatel7179]

great. but how to get sketches?

[@DaveNorthWest]

Is there like a script or something that can be programmed to automatically do all that to any stl file you choose?

[@bryanofthings]

I never found one. That’s why I tried to make a quick video

[@EMOXX99]

What if you have missing surfaces after doing this

[@TTV_FUN_AT_50]

Bummer, this does not work form. I setup the trial to use these features and still no luck. My models come out destroyed.

[@kanook450]

Do you mind sharing your computer specs? Mine really bogs down working with mesh files. Time to upgrade

[@bryanofthings]

I did that on an 8 year old computer with a crappy gpu. Fusion doesn’t handle big models well. This part is around 100mm. I scan big stuff a lot and have to settle for projecting faces, exporting them as a dxf, and making my own model.

[@Renda238]

Sometimes when I do this I end up with a hollow model and some of the face missing ?

[@bryanofthings]

That’s happened to me on some models recently as well. I have no idea what that is. I’ve watched a few HOUR LONG videos for a simple task with no results.

[@timetempest]

at the convert mesh step the ok button is grayed out :( forcing subscription. sad day.

[@Real__Jerz]

I need a tutor

[@speway]

Delicious.

[@user-xu4bd8vz1z]

I have tried over and over to try and convert a file. It keeps giving me the 10000 error. Would anyone want to give it a shot?

[@boboscurse4130]

Mine won't give me prismatic. :(

[@chrislisotta6884]

Only some of my stl files show up when i go to insert them. Any idea why?

[@bryanofthings]

Not really. It almost sounds like a corrupt file. That is weird

[@bryanofthings]

Feel free to email me the files. I’ll take a look

[@supplyingcustom]

@@bryanofthingsme ayudarías, claro pagaría por tu trabajo

[@lmoraisvieira]

My computer freeze all the time because Fusion stil tells ttat the mesh has more than 10000 trangles....

[@bryanofthings]

lol. that's modeling software for you. They all do that.

[@harshitfx]

nice music tho xd

[@baljazz]

Is this in the free version?

[@bradcobalt]

No, but you can still use it. During Convert Mesh you have to use Faceted instead of Prismatic.

[@zajawamotocykle9256]

Need extra extension ?

[@jimmygao456]

W

[@Antassium]

Too bad I don't have boatloads of money to blow and the paid version :/

[@kyodox495]

maybe slow down bro lol i appreciate the tutorial but your way to fast

[@conrad7396]

Yeah, so on the surface this tutorial looks like a simple thing. Nope...this is click bait. Does Not Work. Prismatic is only available with 30 Day free trial or subscription. But that is irrelevant because there are "too many triangles" and the software crashes at the convert from Mesh to Solid stage every time. I've been at this for over an hour and it's not happening. This is wishful thinking.

[@bryanofthings]

It's in the description that this is for the paid version, and some computers are faster than others. Thanks for being so kind. I'm glad my small channel has that an big impact on world. You know because of all the money I don't make on ads.

[@ericrandall3539]

The one feature hobbyists would want. Instead of capturing market share by having hobbyists and pros all use the platform, they push people away. 0.001% of casual users will actually pay for one feature. This decision to neuter that feature is very misguided.

[@bryanofthings]

Good thing I made it for myself because I don’t do it a lot and need a QUICK refresher. I’m not monetized and no one is paying me. That’s the point of my channel

[@simonfoley4984]

What ? this is a terrible tutorial .

[@jdandcoke]

another waste of time video

[@Daddy_With_A_Fatty]

i love you