Joint different shapes to obtain an STL for printing

[spetrantoni]

Hi all, 

is my first hel question.

I have create a geometri to create a container with a text inside to print it on my 3d printer.

I can produce the stl of the container or of every single letters but I cannot join all the 3D to obtain only one stl.

There is somebody that can hel p me?

Thanks in advance.

Salvatore

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

OK, first things first:  You need to learn about body types in Fusion.  Fusion (generally) does not create/edit "STLs" (meshes).  Instead, the usual workflow is to create solid and surface bodies, then you generate an STL from the resulting solid for 3D printing.  Second, you have a mix here between surface bodies (no thickness) and solid bodies.  You want to have everything be a solid body, then, join the extruded text to the solid container using Combine.  Then, export the result as STL.  

So, first step would be to thicken the surface bodies you have, to make them solid.  Then, use Combine to join them all together.  If you share your design here, we can show you using your design.

[spetrantoni · Accepted solution]

Thank you very much!!!! It works!!! 

I put 0.3mm on the surface and create a new objecyt and then I combine all together!!

I'm printing it...

🙂

Thaks a lot to not kill me! Are my first step in this kind of software...