
CCHSGATE
I've been trying to work with the STL files from the official ARC team, but for whatever reason they're downloading as .htm files. The file itself seems to contain STL data, but there's a bit of HTML at the bottom, and opening it in any 3D Modeling software crashes the program, even after removing the extra stuff at the bottom. Has anyone else experienced this or know what to do about it?
Example:
solid P22_HD L Multi Female Bracket_R02 (Mar 26, 2014) öÿþYøúõùA4A >â-úAuAÚ>A4AöÿþYøA4A >â-úAuA/ù=ÄAÚAöÿþYøAÒäArþaAÂAöÿþYøaAÂA> AAöÿþYøA4AöÿþYøA4ArþA4ArþðíA
edited for poor grammar, thanks Iphone
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head><title>
</title></head>
<body>
<form method="post" action="./4adea126-fdc8-4816-adc2-a1182f35e742" id="form1">
<div class="aspNetHidden">
<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="/wEPDwULLTE2MTY2ODcyMjlkZDNgYzOx8OXzI65o9rolQJhMjmFS7tWXE8lN4jnoM1bh" />
</div>
<div class="aspNetHidden">
<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR" id="__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR" value="5F06ECA4" />
</div>
<div>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
If the files are ok then what am I doing wrong for future reference.
Thanks
Great discussion so far!
My observations:
1. When downloading any file from the Community 3D Printing store, the .stl that is downloaded after clicking the "Download STL" button results in an .stl file being downloaded, but named incorrectly. Below are some examples of the file intended to be download vs. the file that was actually received:
A. Hexapod Dome.stl -> 4adea126-fdc8-4816-adc2-a1182f35e742.stl
B. P207 A-01.STL -> 86819d3a-aa3d-4d20-a6d6-0a39f7191ee9.stl
C. P6 A-01.STL -> 513c837e-1cee-4997-936c-bf1eef667edb.stl
2. When attempting to open these files, I receive these errors in the following programs:
A. Windows 3D Builder: Couldn't load that (Error code: 0x80004005)
B. MakePrintable: Unable to load file
C. NetFabb: FAILED: failed to load mesh (invalid STL file)
3. I've attempted to download the files using the following browsers:
A. Google Chrome
B. Firefox
C. Internet Explorer
The combination of the hashed name when downloading, the inability to open the file across multiple 3D modeling programs, and the consistency of the issue across browsers leads me to believe there must either be an issue where the file is hosted. I'm able to download and successfully open .stl files from other sources (thingverse / grabcad / pinshape).
Let me know if there's anything else I should be trying -- or maybe something simple that I'm missing
I appreciate the help,
Brian
What extensions? Firewall? Proxy? What links are you downloading from? Etc etc
Both are using the updated version of Foxfire and both firewalls where turned off for the test.
I have noticed, and do not understand why, that on the workstation the downloaded file ends in .stl.htm extension?
It can't be within the browser as CCHSGATE has tried others.
Puzzling!
Then to the Hix Six Dome: https://www.ez-robot.com/Community/Revolution/EZBitDetails.aspx?guid=30a4fd0d-a026-4c95-8b16-ef372a0e1f68
Then you click on the "Download STL" buttom for the dome and the popup should come up with the option to save the file as a .stl file
When you click the download button you should get a pop up from Windows, clike "Save As" to select the location and so you can view the file name and type:
I have Simplify3D as my default viewer for "Save as Type", but if your computers have something else set it might be trying to save the type as something other than .stl and adding the .html extention, which is why you need to check to see what that is, or change it to "All Files" and make sure ".HTML" does not get appended to your files.
If you clicked on just "Save" then the computer would just save the file using it's own smarts and you would not get the option to see the full file name, set the type or pick the path as you do with "Save As".
Also, have you tried renaming the files you have already downloaded to removing the ".html" appendage so the file ends with just ".stl"?
This just keeps getting weirder and weirder ... lol.
Today I was trying to figure out what could be the problem and Ba Bam, the .stl files downloaded and opened ... ?
So I went back to the files I downloaded for the past 2 days (same files) and they still will not open.
I did no changes on the computer today for that to happen.
You did mention that once the download button is clicked a pop-up box should appear, giving you the option to save the files in a certain extension but that does not happen, either on my workstation or laptop?
My problem is fixed now but I have no idea how or why ... lol.
Don't you just love these things called computers ...
Thanks for the help ... at least if someone searches for this same problem in the future, they will have a good read ...
Your browser should always give you the popup to save a file, but if you just click "save" your computer will use it's auto smarts and IF it had some sort of setting or app that thought "Oh these files need to be saved in .html - I'll help you by doing that for you and appending .html to the end - even though I'll screw up the .stl files (hehe)"
I actually remember myself having a problem like once under Windows 8.
But when you select "Save As" you get to see what the file name, extension type and location will be and get to control those incase there is an issue.
@CCHSGATE - how are you doing with the issue?
I have several Windows 10 computers and support several and I have not ran into this myself, but it fit the problem.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/erratic-windows-10-bug-breaks-changing-of-default-file-associations/