ADA STL Viewer Alternatives
ADA STL Viewer is described as 'The STL Viewer is FREE software for visualisation of STL or OBJ meshes created in packages such as 3D Studio Max, MAYA and Z Brush, modeled in CAD systems or generated from 3D digitalization of physical objects' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to ADA STL Viewer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone. The best alternative is F3D, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ADA STL Viewer are MiniMagics, Magics, Netfabb and Free View Expert.
Magics rapid prototyping software enables you to import a wide variety of CAD formats and to export STL files ready for rapid prototyping, tooling and manufacturing.
Netfabb is not just a viewer, it provides mesh edit, repair and analysis capabilities to everyone already being or aspiring to become part of this fantastic, growing, creative, high-tech industry called Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping or 3D Printing.
Free View Expert is entry level tool targeted for viewing, verifying, dimensioning and communicating 3D geometry information.
fstl is cross-platform and open-source. Precompiled binaries are available for Windows and Mac, and the only dependancy is Qt if you want to build it yourself.
JNetCAD is a Java application for viewing and converting CAD data. It's free for non commercial or educational use. It supports reading 3DS, BGF, DXF, JT, OBJ and STL and writing DXF, EPS, JSON, JT, OBJ, 3D-PDF, STL and VGF.
