What are the current options for a stand alone program to rotate stl files?
Kind of depends on what you mean by stand alone. If you genuinely mean, “this program can rotate stl files and nothing but that” there may not be one, though writing one would not be too difficult.
That hopeful strawman aside, perhaps you mean a program that can, aside from anything else, open an stl file, rotate it, and resave it.
MeshLab - open source, kind of do-everything
http://www.meshlab.net/
Python has an stl library built on numpy available that could be used to make a simple command line tool to rotate and save stl files, probably a number of other languages have something similar.
Finally, there is a command line tool, very old (1995), that supports opening rotating and saving an stl with one command, called ADMesh: GitHub - admesh/admesh: CLI and C library for processing triangulated solid meshes
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i used to use netfabb basic, but now that its part of autodesk it looks like its a massive file, over a gig.
i’ll have to look into the rest.
You can download older versions in the legacy center.
I can’t find the link to download. Luckily I found an old drive with the the old install file. Hopefully it still works. Thanks!
Cura can rotate and save a STL in pretty much any version?
believe there is a small program called stl viewer.
SketchUp
Even Repetier-Host…
Please don’t use sketchup for STLs. Their export is horrible and almost always needs repairing.
VariCAD Viewer - Free CAD viewer
VariCAD Viewer is a free viewer, convertor and printing software working with 2D DWG, DXF, 3D STEP and 2D/3D VariCAD file formats. VariCAD viewer allows you to convert DWG to DXF and vice-versa, convert STEP to 3D IGES or STL formats, print 2D DWG, DXF or VariCAD formats and use batch print or batch conversions. VariCAD viewer offers settings of 3D display methods (like light source or perspective). 3D display can be also exported into high-resolution bitmap file. http://www.varicad.com/en/home/
@Adam_Steinmark Sketchup’s STL export function is fine, it’s the actual models made by Sketchup users that have problems. What it exports is exactly as good as the user’s model. The problem is, there’s a pretty steep learning curve to actually making manifold geometry with Sketchup’s engine.
@Ryan_Carlyle you are 100% correct. I’ve used it quite a few times with great results.
My mistake I guess, never used Sketchup solely for that feature. I’ve only had an issue with their export once but I have heard many others complain.
i havent had an issue with the export. issue has always been my design failures. the have addons to check to find errors.