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Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 20:34:42 GMT

I have recently switched over to a MacBook Pro for all of my work. Maya on a Mac is very disappointing. When exporting out an STL from Maya on a Mac, I simply get a useless 84 bit file, instead of the .stl. It doesn't matter what I save, the file always ends up being an 84 bit file.

I can open the file up in my text editor and this is what it says:

STLB ATF 2.0.0.9000

Help

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:35:02 GMT

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-modeling/stl-export-from-2018-not-working/td-p/7385690

It seems Maya team having this issue on the list now.

I am also waiting for this getting fixed.

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

sean.heasley — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 15:12:50 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

@Anonymous is correct and this is an issue the Maya team is working on. While I can't say when it will be fixed, I will be sure to make a thread on the forums when this issue is resolved!

Please let me know if this information is useful or if you need any more assistance!

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Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 02:01:54 GMT

I noticed one thing that might help when I used the exporter the exports I created in 2017 four months ago had binary data in them, the new ones are empty.

STLB ATF 2.0.0.9000 nul nul nul

STLB ATF 2.0.0.9000 STX–£ Ó¿=s[? nul etc...

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:02:28 GMT

Hi,

Just installed the 2018 update 2 and stl export is not working. Is there any news when this bug is to be fixed? Or should it work with the update 2?

Thaknks

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:48:37 GMT

I am having the exact same issue along with issues reading generic stl (cube) files created without. These recent changes have render Maya useless to me and support only said they would pass the issues along. At the time, the team was not aware importing and exporting STLs were issues with 2018.1.

I didn't get any reaffirming information this was a priority in planned updates.

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:40:45 GMT

It would be great if we could get a reply from an Autodesk employee about this situation. The support for Maya on the Mac since it's not the key platform is not where it should be. I have had to abandon working on the Mac when I use Maya. It's too finicky. The marking menus freak out on me all the time.

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:43:18 GMT

Sean,

Any update as to when we will see a fix on this? Basic functionality being broken is a showstopper.

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

sean.heasley — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:21:52 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Unfortunately I'm not allowed to say what/when we have planned a fix for this. I can say that it is logged as a critical issue with our dev team and they are working on a resolution.

As soon as I get the approval I'll be sure to update here and/or make a sticky on the front of the forums with info on the fix!

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

tasmuth — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:33:23 GMT

Any updates? I am having issues using the OBJ exporter.

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

sean.heasley — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:47:40 GMT

Hi @tasmuth

Do you mean the STL export? I can't report any changes on that at this time.

OBJ export however should work fine.

Re: Can't export a STL in Maya 2018.1 on a Mac...

tasmuth — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 18:07:44 GMT

That's a bummer. I look forward to being able to export to STL.

I just made another post on the OBJ exports. I am getting a weird change in units.