Freecad tips and tricks (#3): importing/editing .STL files

Hey guys, Today today I'm going to show you how to import .STL files into your Freecad file so you can Edit, change and modify the file as much as you want. The file I'm using comes from my Thingiverse account just follow the link at the bottom to get the files yourself.
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[@rennkitllc6800]

Thanks, helpful.

[@enzocalzone5298]

Very nice! I wish Freecad would outsource its heavy lifting to the gpu, its very slow as of today still... :(

[@brucewilliams6292]

Great video series. Good pace.

[@thomasrussell6009]

instablaster...

[@iModel-ft6kh]

Great tutorial. My import scrolls upwards on selection. Do you know why??

[@OreilleGauche]

Thanks! great video. Direct to the point. If I may: I find that background music is not a good idea for tutorial videos.

[@JottyHB]

I agree! It’s annoying or at least too loud.

[@okolepuka808]

Thanks for the video! I have a battery enclosure STL that I need to resize without skewing or changing the size or placement of holes and bevels. In Illustrator, with 2d shapes I would select all edge points and move them out to change dimensions. Whats the best way of doing this with STLs (after converting to editable mesh)? What program is best for this type of editing and customizing of STLs?

[@KirklandShunk]

I'm looking for the same answer. Any luck finding the information? I think I am looking for the same information, let me know if I am or not but here is what I'm trying to do with my model(s):
I have a model that is split up into different parts that fit together to make an articulated action figure. All these parts are STL files. Since action figures and/or things you make that fit together and move, there needs to be what is called "tolerances" which is basically a tiny gap between moving parts so they can move back and forth, ect.
For example, let's say I have a peg and a hole for that peg, I wanna be able to select the inner surface of that hole and extrude it out slightly to make a tolerance for the peg to fit into it.

[@gubutek]

@@KirklandShunk You can try Blender, it works better with heavy mesh and you should be able to seclect and extrude the surface

[@itsjustrob5839]

What if its’s not a solid because mine is a phone case.

[@LT72884]

35 minutes later, mine is still converting to shape. I have 8 core cpu as well and 64gh ram haha

[@NFK2Killer]

I can do everything this video shows expect converting it to a solid, It says "Cannot convert Cerniera002 because Shape is not a shell." And I can't edit anything on the others, any help? I've tried this with a few different files, on Version .18

[@racketman2u]

that's a common problem, and v 0.19 and 0.20 are even fussier.

[@harryorwell881]

any more tips in the pipeline??????????????????

[@crvvancouverbc2572]

Please....! Get rid of the music!

[@the.real.ipatch]

decent video. awful background music