"No Valid Solid Bodies" upon export to STL

[steambc]

Greetings:

I made a simple sketch whjich I revolved around the center axis in order to create a model of a holder for a glue bottle. I tried to export as an STL for 3D printing and I get the following error message:

"No valid solid bodies to output to STL file"

Is there a rule where a revolution won't export to STL? I've attached the file.

Using Inventor Pro 2015.

Thanks for any help!

[Frank-Oosterwaal · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The reason why Inventor is saying that there are no solid bodies is because you revolved the sketch as a surface.

Therefore there's only a surface body and no solid body.

Look at the screencast, revolve the sketch as a solid body and your good to go!

Also, try to fully constrain your sketch before using features.

[steambc]

Wow, Frank, thanks for going to all that trouble to guide me through.

I'm a bit embarrassed... I used to know that I had to choose a solid body output when executing the revolution. I've gotten very rusty.

Thanks again... GREATLY appreciated!

Brian