Rapid Design through Virtual and Physical
Prototyping
Rapid Design through Virtual and Physical
Prototyping
Making STL files in AutoCAD 13
Step 1: Open file within AutoCAD 13. Make sure
that the object that will be made the .stl file is in the positive xyz
axis. This is very important because if it isn't the file will not be
made correctly. To determine if the object is in the positive xyz
axis, look at the coordinate points located on the bottom left-hand
corner of the drawing window. Use the Right, Left, Front, and Plan
views to move the object into the appropriate place.
Step
2: At the Command prompt (bottom part of the screen) type
stlout .
Step
3:A message in the command prompt will read, "Select
object". Choose the object of which you wish to make the STL file.
STL files can be made only from one object at a time. Therefore, make
sure that you have combined all of the objects in your 3-D model that
you wish to be made as an STL file before you create the STL
file. (This is under the Toolbar, Modify. Click on the dynamite and
choose the two filled in circle in the pull-down menu.) Just press Esc
if you have not done so before this step.
Step 4:In the command
prompt a message will read, "Create STL file as binary (Y)". Type n .
This will create the file as ASCII.
Step
5: A pop-up window will appear similar to a Save As pop-up
window. Change the directory to c:/silver/drw and save file as any
name you wish. It is important to save the file in this directory
because once in JP System 5 there is no option to change the directory
to find your file as there is in Word.
