# Converting STL of my logo to Sketch

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/converting-stl-of-my-logo-to-sketch/23539>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/converting-stl-of-my-logo-to-sketch/23539 "2023-01-11T21:53:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![oceanthrsty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc79bd/32.png) [@oceanthrsty](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/oceanthrsty)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/converting-stl-of-my-logo-to-sketch/23539/1 "2023-01-11T21:53:27Z")

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I have made a mesh STL file out of our logo. I have the illustrator and EPS files, so if I should do this a different way, just tell me.  
I am trying to get our logo so I can extrude it into a part.

I know Shapr doesn’t work with mesh, but I have tried boolean tools, and every time I do it, it turns the resultant model into a mesh part too. In the video below you can see I have my plane and my logo imported. I intersect the models, and perform the subtraction, granted it’s the “negative” of my logo, but . But now that I’ve done that, whenever I try to extrude what’s left, it says “cannot extrude mesh model”.

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I know I can sit here and trace it, but there has got to be a way to do this, no?  
I have read the article

> **[Can I modify mesh files in Shapr3D?](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024315354-Can-I-modify-mesh-files-in-Shapr3D-)**
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> Save your mesh data in an STL file, and import it into Shapr3D.
> You can use the mesh data as a reference for your design with solid bodies, or modify it with boolean tools (Intersect, Union, and Su...

But I am trying to kinda do the opposite. I want the logo to be a reference on the construction plane.

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**Author:** ![oceanthrsty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc79bd/32.png) [@oceanthrsty](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/oceanthrsty)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/converting-stl-of-my-logo-to-sketch/23539/2 "2023-01-13T06:10:18Z")

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Well, I figured it out.

I reopened the SVG file in Illustrator, and exported the file as a Autodesk RealDWG.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/2/92ebb51c250395defa95cca3b73972df0c3c6a3c.png)