Various 3D graphics polygon files (.ply) can be exported to Stereolithography format (.stl) so they can be used in 3D printer devices. This will only work with valid .ply files that contain 3D objects data. You can achieve ply to stl conversion using any of the programs listed below.
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Conversion of ply file format to stl file format beta
Search for ply to stl converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Polygon graphics to Stereolithography CAD data.
We have found 16 software records in our database eligible for .ply to .stl file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert ply to stl on Windows
PolyTrans|CAD+DCC
A 3D CAD translation software
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from ply file | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
to stl file | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned ply to stl. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
3D Builder
Create models and print in 3D
3Data Expert
A professional manufacturing data preparation software
assimp
A 3D content converter
Blender
A very popular free program used for work with 3D graphics
meshconv
A 3D mesh converter
TransMagic
A dedicated CAD converter
Autoconverter
A converter for 3D formats
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert ply to stl on OS X
Blender for Mac
The Mac version of popular free 3D graphics software
mesh2mesh
A 3D file format converter for macOS
Afanche 3D Viewer for Mac
A Mac version of the popular 3D visualisation software
Linux/Unix software 
- convert ply to stl on Linux
Blender for Linux
Easy-to-use 3D modeling utility
Multiplatform software 
- convert ply to stl on any platform
Meshlab
An open source system for 3D triangular meshes
Metasequoia
A polygon modeler for 3DCG and game development
CloudCompare
A 3D point cloud processing software
On-line services software 
- convert ply to stl on web
Online 3D Model Converter
A free online 3D model conversion service
Additional links: Open ply file, Open stl file
PLY
Files with ply extension can be found as various polygon 3D data files generated by many 3D modeling or CAD programs.
STL
Files with stl extension can be mainly found as stereolithography files for 3D printers. Used in many CAD programs as output format for models and prototypes that could be printed in stereolithography devices.
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