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The STL file format is widely used across different 3D printing and modeling interfaces. For instance, many of the models you might find on are available in STL format, and several popular 3D printers accept STL files to prepare models for fabrication. This extension provides import/export functionality for STL files to and from SketchUp, so you can easily export SketchUp groups to STL, or import an STL design and manipulate it within SketchUp. Once you install the extension, you’ll find two new options under the File menu: Export STL: This function requires you to select one or more groups for export (so you’ll need to group your geometry before using this). (STL): With this plugin, you’ll find STL as a supported format within SketchUp’s Import command.
STL files will be imported to SketchUp as a group. For questions or help with this extension, head on over to the Note: This extension was originally developed as separate plugins by Jim Foltz, Nathan Bromham, and Konrad Shroeder. Now, it’s in continual development as that’s hosted by the SketchUp team. Stay tuned for updates! It worked well enough to make a STL but it is buggy.
It wouldn't create usable code when I made a model in USA Inch pattern out of SketchUp Make 17 64 bit. It did work when I did a test drawing as metric. That was acceptable to the Cura 15.04.06 that comes with a Monoprice Mini 3D and produced a decent 3D print. Unfortunately that means I will have to re-do all the inch pattern drawings I was going to print in Metric and then figure out what I am going to do when it comes time to make the design up in metal on my inch pattern milling machine.
to post reviews. Part of the problem with SketchUp is it represents curves as polygons. My instructor showed me in InkScape what a SketchUp DXF file really looks like. There is SO MUCH POST-PROCESSING to get a 2D SketchUp to do laser-cutting, you might as well use AutoCAD. Otherwise the burn takes HOURS and the poor laser head is jerking like cerebral palsy. The same thing with 3D. Yes, SKP will export an STL with the RB plugin, but that's not the issue.
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The issue is the geometry and the mesh in that STL. Once you try to post-process SKP's STL in the slicer, you're not going to get a smooth printout, the extrusions ('Follow Me') especially rotated curves (example, a bullet shape) are not 'water tight', for slicer output. I've had two vendors refuse to take anymore of my STL files. They told me OnShape, Fusion or SolidWorks, or don't send them anymore files. EDIT - I have over 10,000 hours in SketchUp and build extremely complex 3D models with it for facilities installations (think giant HO train sets). to post reviews. I like this extension (depend on it even), but it gets annoying (well, all of sketchup does) with 3D printer-sized objects.
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The tiny polygons trip it up. I wish Sketchup would reset it's numbering system for tiny objects and pretend things were 1000x bigger than they are, then, when exporting, know that it was scaled. I'm not going to be doing gaming miniatures and city planning in the same sketchup project! To workaround it, sometimes I have to scale things up with another app like 3D Builder before importing them to sketchup. And the reverse after exporting.
to post reviews. For those who want to use this under Ubuntu-Wine-Sketchup 8. The solution: - Download the plugin and extract the content in a folder - Edit file 'sketchup-stl/exporter.rb' - Add this method: def self.forceexport exportentities = getexportentities if exportentities path = selectexportfile begin export(path, exportentities, OPTIONS) unless path.nil? Rescue = exception msg = 'SketchUp STL Exporter: n' msg.