Re: 3D Viewer and exporting STL files

Posted by dscho on Jul 29, 2014; 2:41am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/3D-Viewer-and-exporting-STL-files-tp5008921p5008922.html

Hi Stuart,

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, White, Stuart wrote:

> I am trying to export an STL file of a surface rendering of a fossil
> wolf skull made in 3D Viewer. The 3D view of the skull looks great but
> when I go to: File / Export surfaces / STL (binary or ASCII) the result
> is the message; “No meshes to export!”  What am I doing wrong?

Are you looking at a volume rendering (the default mode of the 3d viewer)?
If so, give the isosurface a try. For details, see the paper, and look for
the description of the different visualisation modes.

Ciao,
Johannes

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