How to open STL file extension?

If you come across some file extension for the first time, select a proper program to work with this file format.

STL file extension

The files used by us on electronic devices have various file extensions thanks to which we know what data is contained by a given file. One of the file formats used on computers is STL file extension. The full name of this file format is Stereolithography File. The producer of this format is N/A.

If you have a file with such file extension on your computer and you do not know how to start it, you are at the right website.

If you do not know what to do with STL file, it is worth to click on it twice. Windows System will automatically find the programs which can open a file of a given format or producer. If even the operating system is not able to help, then the proper software used to open files with STL file extension is not installed on the computer.

Thanks to the installation of a proper program you can not only view the content of such file, but also edit it and save it on the hard disk of your computer. Therefore, it is worth to think about downloading a free or paid application characterized with proper functionality. Below you can find a list of applications that are adequate for STL files on various operating systems:

File type : Stereolithography File

Developer/Producer - N/A

File description - Stereolithography File

Popularity - 4/5

Windows

- IMSI TurboCAD Deluxe 20
- GOM Inspect
- ideaMK STL Viewer
- Geomagic Explorer
- Parametric Technology Creo
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Kubotek USA KeyCreator
- MeshLab

Mac OS

- IMSI TurboCAD Deluxe v7
- Cheetah3D
- MeshLab
- GLC_Player

Linux

- Parametric Technology Creo
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- MeshLab
- GLC_Player

File type : Spruce Technologies Subtitle File

Developer/Producer - Spruce Technologies

File description - Spruce Technologies Subtitle File

Popularity - 3/5

Windows

- EZTitles

Mac OS

- Apple Final Cut Pro X
- Apple DVD Studio Pro

File type : Fireworks Style Library

Developer/Producer - Adobe Systems

File description - Fireworks Style Library

Popularity - 2/5

Windows

- Adobe Fireworks CS6

Mac OS

- Adobe Fireworks CS6

File type : Certificate Trust List

Developer/Producer - Microsoft

File description - Certificate Trust List

Popularity - 1/5

Windows

- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

File type : SuperTux Level File

Developer/Producer - SuperTux

File description - SuperTux Level File

Popularity - 1/5

Useful advice

Sometimes it can be so that you have a proper program installed on your computer, but the system still cannot deal with it. It is worth to try changing the association in registry. Thanks to this, Windows will associate the file with proper application. Scanning the registry and searching for errors of such type ma solve many problems concerning improper launch of application.