https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9042891#M4003 <P>The issue is with exporting to stl as my 40mb .wire file when exporting to stl is of more than 1gb which when I am importing in netfabb giving me out of memory error.&nbsp;</P><P>ques 1 - How to reduce the size of stl as I am increasing tolerance still not much effect on file size.</P> Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:31:23 GMT Anonymous 2019-09-24T10:31:23Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9042891#M4003 <P>The issue is with exporting to stl as my 40mb .wire file when exporting to stl is of more than 1gb which when I am importing in netfabb giving me out of memory error.&nbsp;</P><P>ques 1 - How to reduce the size of stl as I am increasing tolerance still not much effect on file size.</P> Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:31:23 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9042891#M4003 Anonymous 2019-09-24T10:31:23Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044063#M4004 <P>How are you creating/exporting the STL?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>What is the tolerance setting?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Are you using create wall thickness?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>How many triangles in the STL data?</P> Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:48:17 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044063#M4004 BarryKimball 2019-09-24T14:48:17Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044101#M4005 <P>How about to let Netfabb do the conversion job? It opens tons of file formats.</P> Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:58:24 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044101#M4005 pascal.fessl 2019-09-24T14:58:24Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044133#M4006 <P><SPAN>How are you creating/exporting the STL?</SPAN></P><P>selecting object - stitch - file - export rapid prototype - wall thickness 2.0 tolerance 0.0100&nbsp; - export to stl.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>there is more then 4900000 triangle data.</P> Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:08:12 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044133#M4006 Anonymous 2019-09-24T15:08:12Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044211#M4007 <P>I would just open the wire file in Netfabb.</P> Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:23:30 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044211#M4007 pascal.fessl 2019-09-24T15:23:30Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044897#M4008 <P>There are 2 things I would suggest...</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>1. set the tolerance to a higher number...maybe .1MM...that should reduce the triangle count...</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>2.Use the NURBS to Mesh tool...this will allow you to view/modify the mesh before export...if the mesh is too large, you can use the mesh cleanup-&gt;mesh reduce tool to reduce the number of triangles. Once you have the triangle count reduced...use the mesh offset tool to create the thickness...remember that the triangle count will more than double when you add thickness..</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;To export that mesh, select it and use the export rapid prototype tool. It wont regenerate a mesh...it will use the selected mesh...</P> Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:11:41 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9044897#M4008 BarryKimball 2019-09-24T18:11:41Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9076293#M4009 <P>Hello,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Please note that only paid versions of Netfabb open CAD formats.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Best regards,</P> <P>Steffen</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:21:11 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/alias-forum/reducing-size-of-stl-export/m-p/9076293#M4009 steffen_anders_adsk 2019-10-09T14:21:11Z