https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/extrude-new-body-vs-join/m-p/12547414#M25168 <P>What is the best practice for extruding New Body vs Join? In my design adventures as someone who is new to Fusion I created extrusions with New Body.&nbsp; This allowed me to turn off various items so they would not interfere with subsequent steps.&nbsp; When I tried to export as a STL not all the parts exported so I went back and edited the extrusions to be a join instead.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Can someone clarify the best practice?&nbsp; Did I mess up and not select all the bodies I wanted for the export?&nbsp;</P> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:57:27 GMT warrenbuc 2024-02-08T01:57:27Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/extrude-new-body-vs-join/m-p/12547414#M25168 <P>What is the best practice for extruding New Body vs Join? In my design adventures as someone who is new to Fusion I created extrusions with New Body.&nbsp; This allowed me to turn off various items so they would not interfere with subsequent steps.&nbsp; When I tried to export as a STL not all the parts exported so I went back and edited the extrusions to be a join instead.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Can someone clarify the best practice?&nbsp; Did I mess up and not select all the bodies I wanted for the export?&nbsp;</P> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:57:27 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/extrude-new-body-vs-join/m-p/12547414#M25168 warrenbuc 2024-02-08T01:57:27Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/extrude-new-body-vs-join/m-p/12547741#M25169 <P>Even if the bodys are not connected, if you export like this, all parts that are currently visible will be saved in stl.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="wersy_0-1707374560535.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1323737i5E9619DA14AFF791/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="wersy_0-1707374560535.png" alt="wersy_0-1707374560535.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="wersy_1-1707374677157.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1323738i40537380602D6F50/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="wersy_1-1707374677157.png" alt="wersy_1-1707374677157.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 08 Feb 2024 06:58:21 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-design-validate-document/extrude-new-body-vs-join/m-p/12547741#M25169 wersy 2024-02-08T06:58:21Z