Issue when printing an exported STL file?

Daniel.Chr — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 18:15:58 GMT

I have been attempting to print a building model (exported as an .stl file via Autodesk's plugin) of a hotel my company is working on. The Revit file I am working with is exterior features only so the building is a hollow shell made up of the precast/window wall systems. When the model is scaled down to the 6-8 wide printing size, these walls haven become too thin to print and the printer just wants to print the baseplate I added and the roofs. It will print supports as necessary but nothing for walls.

Is there an easy way to "fill" in the interior of the model with a solid mass that connects with all interior wall surfaces in Revit? I have been slowly (as each step takes upwards of an hour to work through) converting the imported .stl file in inventor and attempting various methods to fill it in. What I am hoping is that I am missing something in Revit that will allow me to retain some of the details (punched window locations etc) but still print this as a solid object, Or will this process just be unfeasable due to the time it takes to get a printable model.

Re: Issue when printing an exported STL file?

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:53:26 GMT

hi,when i am printing model from revit with stl, i always creat a copie and make some change to print it better like change the thickness of the wall

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Issue when printing an exported STL file?

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