Most CAD/3D programs with 3D printing support should be able to import Stereolithography CAD files (.stl) and process the data so they can be saved in one of the common 3D formats. For some proprietary formats, such as .3ds filesfrom 3ds Max, it may be a little more tricky, but stl to 3ds conversion should be still doable.
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Conversion of stl file format to 3ds file format beta
Search for stl to 3ds converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Stereolithography CAD data to 3ds Max (3D Studio MAX) graphics.
We have found 14 software records in our database eligible for .stl to .3ds file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert stl to 3ds on Windows
3ds Max (3D Studio Max)
A widely-used 3D animation application from Autodesk
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from stl file | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
to 3ds file | No | Yes | Yes | 3ds editor | Yes | 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 stl to 3ds. 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.
AccuTrans 3D
A CAD 3D geometry translation software
CINEMA 4D
CINEMA 4D is a 3D modeling, animation and rendering program developed by MAXON
PolyTrans|CAD+DCC
A 3D CAD translation software
3D Object Converter
3D viewer and converter with huge file type support
Autoconverter
A converter for 3D formats
IVCon
A command line converter for 3D format
TurboCAD
A family of 2D/3D CAD software products for Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert stl to 3ds on OS X
TurboCAD for Mac
A 2D/3D CAD software for OS X
Multiplatform software 
- convert stl to 3ds on any platform
Meshlab
An open source system for 3D triangular meshes
On-line services software 
- convert stl to 3ds on web
Clara.io
A web-based freemium 3D computer graphics software
Online CAD converter
A commercial online CAD converter
Online 3D Model Converter
A free online 3D model conversion service
Babel3D
An online CAD conversion service
Additional links: Open stl file, Open 3ds file
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.
3DS
Files with 3ds file extension can be commonly found as 3D computer graphics created using 3D Studio Max software as well its successor product 3ds Max by Autodesk.
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