There are some programs that allow for exporting STL CAD files used in 3D printing as simple PNG images - in so called slices. What this does, is basically slice the 3D model of the part and save each slice as a PNG image. It should be default function in CAD programs, but you can also probably find some 3rd party utilities or scripts designed exactly for this job.
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Conversion of stl file format to png file format beta
Search for stl to png converter or software able to handle these file types.
Found 3 different conversion types using the same filename extensions.
Conversion stl to png type 1:
Convert from Stereolithography CAD data to Portable Network Graphic file.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert stl to png on Windows
3D Coat
A 3D modeling tool
File extension | File type (from-> to) | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from stl file | Stereolithography CAD data | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
to png file | Portable Network Graphic 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 stl to png. 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.
3ds Max (3D Studio Max)
A widely-used 3D animation application from Autodesk
PolyTrans|CAD+DCC
A 3D CAD translation software
CINEMA 4D
CINEMA 4D is a 3D modeling, animation and rendering program developed by MAXON
Pepakura Designer
A program used to create paper crafts from 3D data
Additional links: Open stl file, Open png file
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Conversion stl to png type 2:
Convert from Adobe Fireworks style library to Portable Network Graphic file.
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert stl to png on OS X
Adobe Fireworks for Mac
Mac version of Adobe's popular image editor
Additional links: Open stl file, Open png file
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Conversion stl to png type 3:
Convert from Adobe Fireworks style library to Adobe Fireworks proprietary PNG data.
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software - convert stl to png on OS X
Adobe Fireworks for Mac
Mac version of Adobe's popular image editor
Additional links: Open stl file, Open png file
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