Importing an OBJ or STL file

The video below demonstrates how to import an OBJ or STL file into FRED version 18.61.2.  The procedure is as follows:

  1. Create a Custom Element node
  2. Create a new Surface as a child of the Custom Element
  3. Set the surface type to be a Faceted Surface
  4. Right mouse click in the Faceted Surface interface and choose the "Replace with data from file" option
  5. Hit Apply or OK on the surface dialog to add the surface to the model

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