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Topic: find exact positions of parts of an existing .stl file?

If I want to import a .stl model in openscad and cut some bit out, it would be nice to be able to find the exact positions of the bit I want to cut. Is there a good tool for doing that? Perhaps something that would let me select individual trianges and ask the coordinates of the points?

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Re: find exact positions of parts of an existing .stl file?

OK, I've found at least one not very convenient way:

In netfabb, do a repair part.

Select a triange of interest.

Right click and say make selected triangles a new part.

Do an analysis of that (single triangle) part, which then gives you the overall dimensions and position, from which you can extract the info of interest.

A more convenient way would be welcome :-).

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