Re: 3D Viewer and exporting STL files

Posted by White, Stuart on Jul 29, 2014; 7:12pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/3D-Viewer-and-exporting-STL-files-tp5008921p5008943.html

Hi Johannes,

Thanks for the tip. Indeed, when I construct a surface rendering and not a volume rendering, the result saves as an STL file.

What is the paper you refer to for details? I would like to read it.

Best,

Stuart





On Jul 28, 2014, at 7:41 PM, Johannes Schindelin <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 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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