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STL File format Export

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#1

Hey dose anyone know if there is a plug in for ZB to export .STL file formats?

#2

yeah i believe there was a software called polytrans by okino that will do a .stl.

planning on doing some sterolithography?

good luck

#3

Polytrans will indeed work.

A slightly less expensive option would be Deep Exploration from Right Hemisphere.
http://www.righthemisphere.com/products/dexp/
And a free option (but without all the options, bells and whistles of the above two) would be to download Plyview (from Headus software but distributed by Cyberware):
http://www.cyberware.com/samples/plyview/

This ships with multiple command line converters to and from the Stanford Poly (PLY) format. So you export from ZB2 to OBJ, then use OBJ2PLY to convert to a Poly model, then use PLY2STL to convert to a Stereolithography file.

Hope this gives you some options.

Regards

Adam

#4

I have used Rhino & Solidview succesfully to import OBJ then export stl. Neither work as plug-ins but aren’t hard to use. Check out this thread to see a printed model I did— (New User with first piece and printed model)

#5

thanks for the suggestions but I am looking for a plug that will let me export right out of ZB as an STL. dose this exsist??

#6

Zbrush can only export to obj. and dfx. formats right now, however there is another 3d converter which is shareware called 3d object converter.
http://web.axelero.hu/karpo/

#7

Unfortunately not. OBJ is the only option available to you.

If you want to convert to STL you’ll have to do it after OBJ export from ZB…

Regards

Adam

#8

The best bet is to export as DXF and then convert it using any of the options mentioned above. There are no plugins for STL export at this time.

#9

http://server1.eovia.com/tutorials/amapi/mar2000tut/english/tutorial-files/html/amapi-4-part-1-html-19.htm look here,export options amapi freeware