Fusion 360 export  

RE: Fusion 360 export

Fusion can of course export STL files. The easiest way to do it is to right-click on the component or body in the component browser, then select Save as Mesh. Here you can choose between 3MF and STL, both of which Prusaslicer understands.

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I saw that in the autodesk support area.  Odd that my application does not have that option.  v2.0.12376, I guess they finally fixed that "STL old/bad" problem.   I found another comment somewhere that under "Utilities/MAKE/3D Print" you could send STL to an app.  I guess that's one say to get there with this version.  I'll install PS over on the win10 and see if that works.  But really I was wondering if PS could handle any of these other formats.  Doesn't look like it.

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Does Fusion 360 permit export on .3mf file format? If it does, you could try that with Prusa Slicer

regards Joan

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No idea why you're not seeing it. I'm on 2.0.12376 as well, and this has been in Fusion since times immemorial. See screenshot  (EDIT: Click on the image. The thumbnail cut off the pertinent part). Right click on a body or component.

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I was wondering if you're in the wrong workspace. Double checked it but as long as you're in Design, Save as Mesh is available for solid, surface, and mesh objects. 

I just realized it's also available as "3D Print" from the File menu:

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they only offer these in my particular install, f3d, igs, iges, sat, smt, stp, step, usdz.  I wonder if I need to install some extension.  I'll go to the autodesk forums and ask around.  I'm a newbie to it, so I don't know what I'm doing, but it seems like an export or save as isn't rocket surgery.

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thanks for the feedback, btw.  Notice my right click menu does not present save as mesh (same thumbnail issue) as yours.  I wonder if I have some restricted version.  I got the license via a non-profit, special offer.  Could be if I want to use it I'll need to be a real person.  I'll check with autodesk.  

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Is your copy a clean install? In your drop down menu I see Release with change order, which is an non-default extension. I wonder what else is different. I'd delete Fusion and reinstall from scratch.

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I just installed it a few days ago.  That change order info is attached.  Could be they took some helpful things out.  I'll ask them.

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this forum seems to indicate there is no "save as mesh" in the on-line version.  I didn't even know I had the on-line version.  " Only workaround I can think of is use Derive to save the component out to your hub then download as an STL from your hub."  

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-support/no-save-as-mesh-option/m-p/10650661#M133928

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Looks to me like you´re not scrolling down in the right-side list of file extensions far enough down.

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they only offer these in my particular install, f3d, igs, iges, sat, smt, stp, step, usdz.  I wonder if I need to install some extension.  I'll go to the autodesk forums and ask around.  I'm a newbie to it, so I don't know what I'm doing, but it seems like an export or save as isn't rocket surgery.

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I'm on a personal licence. Latest incremental update

Fresh open file in f360, right-click on a component, i have this:

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I've asked autodesk forum what's the deal.  I have a feeling they stripped down the functions for the inexpensive license, but that's just a guess.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-collaborate/no-quot-save-as-mesh-quot/td-p/10959212

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Do you need the Collaboration version? The hobbyist license is free: https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal

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Well, interesting suggestion.  I'll take a look at uninstalling and try the hobbyist.   Maybe it will not be locked out.  I put in a ticket with autodesk since I got no reply on the forum.  Thanks again for the support here.   Back around to my original question, are f3d, igs, iges, sat, smt, stp, step, usdz not of insterest to Prusa?  I don't know what they are, but wondered if autodesk liked them, maybe they were the latest and greatest.  This guy says STL is old and in the way:

https://blog.grabcad.com/blog/2020/02/10/stop-using-stl-files-for-3d-printing/

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CAD programs such as Fusion, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, OpenScad, etc all have their own file formats to store model information, e.g., .f3d, .dog, .scad, etc. many are proprietary but open.  Thee are also platform independent standards such as STEP. CAD files can be used for many purposes,  machining, injection molding, 3D printing, etc. Models are usually exported in file formats software used in the manufacturing process understands. For 3D printing, STL is the de facto standard. More recently 3MF has emerged as an improved format and is actively supported by Prusa. See https://blog.prusaprinters.org/3mf-file-format-and-why-its-great_30986/. Could PrusaSlicer import STEP files and do the tesselation itself? Sure, but the line's got to be drawn somewhere. It's not unreasonable to draw that line at the export of a model from your CAD software of choice, with the specification of resolution of the exported model at that point. 

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Odd, I've always been able to Export to .stl in Fusion but only with "Cloud translation", which usually takes half a minute or so.

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I learned a good bit from the autodesk forum.  Seems there is something in my model that prevents STL creation.  Oddly, I could view the object from my "hub" in a web browser.   That view of the object allowed me to export an STL (in the hub, they sent me an email telling me how to download it).   I downloaded that STL, brought it into the desktop fusion app and that would allow me to Save as Mesh.    So, maybe, the engine up in the cloud has smarts enough to remove some aspect of the design, but the local engine isn't up to the task.   I hope to learn what the feature was that was tripping up the local app.  If I find out, I'll post here just in case it matters to someone in the future.

Thanks for your input.

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I looked at that Autodesk thread. The first advice made a lot of sense with the caveat that I know nothing about the browser version. But I'm tempted to call BS on the idea that there's something in the model that won't let you create a mesh. If you have a body in the component browser it should export as a mesh. Of course there could always be a bug. I'd be happy to take a look at your project if you export it as a f3d file, zip it, and upload it here. Otherwise my suggestion still stands--I'd start all over again with a fresh install.