Exporting to CAD & STL

Surface EditStitchShell Stitch

Creates a special object called a shell from a group of surfaces, in preparation for export to a CAD package or STL.

Gaps in a shell are highlighted in yellow (or in pink when the shell is not selected). These gaps are usually the result of gaps in the original NURBS model. User-defined stitching tolerance can be set by unmarking the Use Construction Options in the Stitch tool to try coping with these gaps. Sometimes the NURBS geometry itself will need to be fixed.

To export data to STL, select the surface, shell, mesh, or any combination of these and select FileExportRapid Prototype.

Data needs to be stitched before it can be exported to STL. The STL can be refined as required by using the tolerance option exporting data to either STL ASCII or Binary formats.

STL files can be read back into Alias for evaluation since Alias reads in STL ASCII and Binary files.