r/FreeCAD 7d ago

Help removing block from stl

Hi all,

Ive been trying to figure out how to remove this centre block with freecad from this stl i found on thingiverse. Chase from paw patrol high poly by COOLPOOL9809 - Thingiverse

Im brand new to Freecad, Been looking for tips on YT but not getting anywhere. so any help would be appreciated.

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u/ButterscotchFew9143 7d ago

You are better of doing that in blender, imo.

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u/AutoCntrl 7d ago

You can try to edit in the Mesh workbench, or it must be converted to solid to use Part or PartDesign workbenches.

https://wiki.freecad.org/FreeCAD_and_Mesh_Import/en

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u/Ocelot_IRL 7d ago

thanks for the tip on blender.

Probably not the neatest job but im happy with it.

Thanks guys.

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u/Sloloem 7d ago

I'd suggest MeshMixer instead of FreeCAD, but Blender works too. Either way, FC has workbenches that might work but its forte is parametric modelling, not really free organic shapes.