diff --git a/web/app/3d/actions/operation-actions.js b/web/app/3d/actions/operation-actions.js
index 41d84ebb..a52a0f49 100644
--- a/web/app/3d/actions/operation-actions.js
+++ b/web/app/3d/actions/operation-actions.js
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ export const OperationActions = {
   
   'UNION': mergeInfo('UNION', {
     info: 'union operation on two solids'
+  }),
+  
+  'IMPORT_STL': mergeInfo('IMPORT_STL', {
+    info: 'union operation on two solids'
   })
 };
 
diff --git a/web/app/3d/menu/menu-config.js b/web/app/3d/menu/menu-config.js
index bd489858..b3161498 100644
--- a/web/app/3d/menu/menu-config.js
+++ b/web/app/3d/menu/menu-config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export const file = {
   label: 'file',
   cssIcons: ['file'],
-  actions: ['Save', 'StlExport']
+  actions: ['Save', 'StlExport', '-', 'IMPORT_STL']
 };
 
 export const craft = {
diff --git a/web/app/3d/operations.js b/web/app/3d/operations.js
index cdd8b47f..79e297f3 100644
--- a/web/app/3d/operations.js
+++ b/web/app/3d/operations.js
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ export const UNION = {
   info: (p) => null
 };
 
+export const IMPORT_STL = {
+  icon: 'img/3d/stl',
+  label: 'STL Import',
+  info: (p) => null
+};
+
 function r(value) {
   return value.toPrecision(4).replace(/\.0$/, '');
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/app/3d/ui/ctrl.js b/web/app/3d/ui/ctrl.js
index cb2ac774..ed930e0e 100644
--- a/web/app/3d/ui/ctrl.js
+++ b/web/app/3d/ui/ctrl.js
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ UI.prototype.initOperation = function(op) {
     this.registerWizard(new PlaneWizard(this.app.viewer), false)
   } else if ('SPHERE' === op) {
     this.registerWizard(new SphereWizard(this.app.viewer), false)
+  } else if ('IMPORT_STL' === op) {
+    alert('men at work');
   } else {
     console.log('unknown operation');
   }
diff --git a/web/img/3d/stl32.png b/web/img/3d/stl32.png
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diff --git a/web/img/3d/stl96.png b/web/img/3d/stl96.png
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