Access Methods

 Ribbon: Output tab 3D Print panel Send to 3D Print Service.Not available on the ribbon in the current workspace.

 Menu: Application menu Publish Send to 3D Print Service

Summary

The 3DPRINT command opens the 3D Printing - Prepare Model for Printing dialog box. You can

• Learn about preparing 3D models for printing
• Continue

List of Prompts

The following prompts are displayed.

Select solids or watertight meshes: Select 3D solids or watertight meshes. Press Enter.

As you select solids or watertight meshes, note the following:

• You can select uniformly scaled blocks and xrefs that contain solids or watertight meshes. Non-uniformly scaled blocks and xrefs cannot be included in the selection set.
• Only solids and watertight meshes within selected blocks and xrefs are included in the STL file. All other geometry is discarded.
• Watertight meshes are converted to 3D solids based on the current value of the SMOOTHMESHCONVERT system variable. (Values of 0 and 1 create smoothed solids. Values of 2 and 3 create faceted solids.) 3DPRINT does not optimize, or merge, coplanar faces during this conversion.

No other command prompts display. However, the following display in the order listed:

• Send to 3D Print Service Dialog Box
• Create STL File Dialog Box
• The Autodesk 3D Printing Website