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STL and SVD Save Modes

(SolidViewPro and SolidViewPro RP - Ribbon Interface)

Switching between Save Modes allows you to perform "one-click" file exports.

STL Mode

  1. Load any object.
  2. Left click on the text underneath the [Save Document] icon.
    3. STL Save Mode
  3. Choose [Save Object] to switch to STL Save Mode and save your selected object(s) to the STL format.
    4. STL Save Mode
  4. Clicking on the [Save Object] icon from now on will immediately save your selected object(s) to the STL format.
    5. STL Save Mode

SVD Mode

  1. Load any object.
  2. Left click on the text underneath the [Save Object] icon.
    3. SVD Save Mode
  3. Choose [Save Document] to switch to SVD Save Mode and save your object(s) as an SVD (SolidView Document).
    4. SVD Save Mode
  4. Clicking the [Save Document] icon will immediately save your object(s) to the SVD format.
    5. SVD Save Mode

Note: STL files can only contain one object whereas SVD files can contain multiple objects, scenes, annotations and markups all in a much smaller file size. SVD files are only viewable in SolidView however.

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