Convert 3DS to STL via C#

Render 3DS as STL without any 3D modeling and rendering software.

How to Convert 3DS to STL Using C#

In order to convert 3DS to STL, we’ll use

Aspose.3D for .NET

API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use document manipulation and conversion API for C# platform. Open

NuGet

package manager, search for Aspose.3D and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console Command
PM> Install-Package Aspose.3D

Steps to Convert 3DS to STL via C#

.NET programmers can easily load & convert 3DS files to STL in just a few lines of code.

Load 3DS file via the constructor of Scene class
Create an instance of StlSaveOptions
Set STL specific properties for advanced conversion
Call the Scene.Save method
Pass the output path with STL file extension & object of StlSaveOptions
Check resultant STL file at specified path

System Requirements

Before running the .NET conversion code, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core, Mono.
Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.
Aspose.3D for .NET DLL referenced in your project.

A 3D File Processing Library to manipulate 3D files without any modeling and rendering software. The 3D API supports Discreet3DS, WavefrontOBJ, FBX (ASCII, Binary), STL (ASCII, Binary), Universal3D, Collada, glTF, GLB, PLY, DirectX, Google Draco file formats and more. Developers can create, read, convert, modify and control the substance of 3D document formats easily.

3DS What is 3DS File Format?

A file with 3DS extension represents 3D Studio (DOS) mesh file format used by Autodesk 3D Studio. Autodesk 3D Studio has been in 3D file format market since 1990s and has now evolved to 3D Studio MAX for working with 3D modeling, animation and rendering. A 3DS file contains data for 3D representation of scenes and images and is one of the popular file formats for 3D data import and export. It considers information like camera locations, Mesh data, lighting information, viewport configurations, smoothing group data, bitmap references and attributes to create vertices and polygons for rendering a scene.

stl What is stl File Format?

STL, abbreviation for stereolithrography, is an interchangeable file format that represents 3-dimensional surface geometry. The file format finds its usage in several fields such as rapid prototyping, 3D printing and computer-aided manufacturing. It represents a surface as a series of small triangles, known as facets, where each facet is described by a perpendicular direction and three points representing the vertices of the triangle. Resultant data is used by applications to determine the cross section of the 3D shape to be built by the fabber. There is no information available in the STL file format for representation of colour, texture or other common CAD model attributes.

Other Supported Conversions

You can also convert 3DS into many other file formats including few listed below.

3DS TO AMF (Additive Manufacturing Format)

3DS TO DAE (Digital Asset Exchange)

3DS TO FBX (3D Format)

3DS TO HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)

3DS TO OBJ (3D File Format)

3DS TO PDF (Portable Document Format)

3DS TO PLY (Polygon File Format)

3DS TO RVM (AVEVA Plant Design Model)

3DS TO U3D (Universal 3D)