Re: Saving a stack to .STL format?

Posted by Gabriel Landini on Sep 27, 2010; 3:06pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Saving-a-stack-to-STL-format-tp3682702p3682704.html

On Monday 27 Sep 2010  16:03:38 Albert Cardona wrote:
> 2010/9/27 Gabriel Landini <[hidden email]>:
> > Hi,
> > Does anybody know of an application or plugin or library that can convert
> > a binary stack (a volume) into a STL file?
> > STL files are used for rapid prototyping (3D printers).
> > I know that the 3D Viewer can save the volume in DXF format, but I am
> > also struggling to find something that will read DXF and save it as STL.
>
> Blender does :)

Ah... so finally that day has arrived.  :-)

> For best experience, save as wavefront in the 3D viewer, and load into
> Blender via "File - import - wavefront (obj)".
> Be careful not to limit the size of your object to "10", or to merge
> the multiple objects. Read the import dialog with attention.

Many thanks, I will. I need only to export a single object at a time.

Regards

Gabriel