<p>I think it depends on your use case.</p>
<p>As Bobt already commented, Meshmixer is a common tool for editing STLs.
But also a lot of CAD-Tools should be able to import STLs.
Then there is also of course Blender.</p>
<p>As you didn't specify what you want to use it for, I would guess you just want to do some quick fixes to the mesh.
The tool I use is Meshmixer. It's pretty powerful, but I personally never really used a lot of it's capabilities.</p>

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2020-11-21T14:59:39.713Z
Blender is more powerful (just look at some of the [tag:blender] questions), but not easy to use.
Trish
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<p>The slicer included with my printers (ChituBox) has no STL editing capabilities. How to edit STL models?</p>

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Have you tried Meshmixer?
BobT
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"Favorite" is opinion based. I do retouch STLs with Blender, Meshmixer and Fusion360 as I see fit
Trish
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tinkercad is a free online solution i've used to touch up thingiverse files.
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# How to edit STL model files

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-20)

The slicer included with my printers (ChituBox) has no STL editing capabilities. How to edit STL models?

**Tags:** 3d-models, stl

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Have you tried Meshmixer?  
> **username_2**: "Favorite" is opinion based. I do retouch STLs with Blender, Meshmixer and Fusion360 as I see fit  
> **username_3**: tinkercad is a free online solution i've used to touch up thingiverse files.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2020-11-21. Score: 4

I think it depends on your use case.

As username_1 already commented, Meshmixer is a common tool for editing STLs.
But also a lot of CAD-Tools should be able to import STLs.
Then there is also of course Blender.

As you didn't specify what you want to use it for, I would guess you just want to do some quick fixes to the mesh.
The tool I use is Meshmixer. It's pretty powerful, but I personally never really used a lot of it's capabilities.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Blender is more powerful (just look at some of the [tag:blender] questions), but not easy to use.  

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