Hi! I wanted to modify a .stl by using Clip tool. The file geometry only is available to be saved as ‘.vtk’ and not ‘.stl’ when clicking on Archive > Save Data. Please, any recommendations how to finally get the format of .stl for the clipped geometry?
Which software are you using here exactly ?
I’m sorry, I was typing by memory, the right command is File > Save Data, and version of paraview is 5.11.1. My original object is an .stl that was previously modified with the filter Transform. As I wanted to grab only a portion of the surface, I applied several clips to reduce the surface to the area of interest. The only options to save this reduced area (the ones now shown via File > Save Data) do not include either .obj or .stl (I want to mesh with OpenFOAM later), do you have a recommendation on how to save the clip as .stl ? or transform .vtk to .stl?
Add an “ExtractSurface” filter.
BTW this is VTK discourse, not ParaView, which can be found here: https://discourse.paraview.org
Big thanks Mathieu. The filter worked and now there is the option to save as .stl!!
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