2d stl import from solidworks

Hello i have a geometry for structural analysis in PDE. The problem is that i want to import 2d stl file but my model that is from solidworks cant export in 2d stl

[Cris LaPierre]

Seems like a question for SolidWorks. Once you have your stl file, you can import it into your pde model using importGeometry.

% example from the documentation
model = createpde;
importGeometry(model,'PlateHolePlanar.stl');
pdegplot(model)

Answer 1

[Konstantinos Moulakis]

I find the solution to my problem from the sketch we can insert-> ref geometry-> surface->planar and we can export this to stl so we can import in PDE

[youssef Benkhayi]

Hi,

i have the same problem, but i can't follow your solution.

can you explain again how you did it, thank you!

[Cris LaPierre]

The steps are done in SolidWorks.

[Waylon Puckett]

I have the same problem and those steps in SolidWorks don't really exist for me...I can insert Reference Geometry, and I can insert the plane, but there's no shape it's just an infinite plane, and I don't see how you are exporting it.

[Domantas]

These steps didn't work for me either. I managed to solve it by extruding my desired sketch, converting the upper face to a Planar Surface (under Surfaces tab), selecting it, Convert to Mesh Body (Mesh Modelling tab) and exporting this 2D mesh body as STL. Might be an easier way but this worked for me and I was able to import the STL into MatLab to result in a 2D geometry.