Hola a todos, estoy teniendo problemas para exportar mi modelo de Avogadro a formato STL. He probado con las opciones de exportación estándar, pero no encuentro la opción de STL. Estoy usando la versión [versión de Avogadro] en [sistema operativo]. ¿Alguien sabe cómo solucionar este problema
My Spanish is really rusty, so I’m going to reply in English. Sorry.
I’m not sure which version of Avogadro you’re using or operating system. But the answer would be pretty similar either way.
At the moment, Avogadro doesn’t have direct export to STL. I’d recommend either exporting to VRML (which will include colors) or PLY (if you’re using Avogadro2 1.99) and using another program to convert to the STL. Personally, I use Blender for that, but there are a few tools.
Hope that helps…
Thank you so much .
I use a Windows PC,It has Windows 11, I already tried with an online converter but it didn’t give me any results, do you have any specifications to pass it?
Do you know of any preferred converter and that I didn’t delete anything?
I have also had problems trying to modify the volume of the molecules, since I am a student, they asked me for specific specifications for each size.
My personal workflow is to export VRML. I have Blender Download — blender.org and have installed the WRL / VRML add-on (Web3D X3D/VRML2 format — Blender Extensions)
I open Blender, then Import the VRML file and export STL or 3MF.
I haven’t found any good online STL conversion tools. I previously used MeshLab, which can also import VRML and export STL, but it doesn’t seem to be maintained anymore.
I’m not sure I understand. I guess they want to 3D print different sizes of molecules? Usually you can do that in the program used for the printer (e.g., scale up the volume of the mesh).
If you’re really having trouble – post the molecules and I’d be happy to convert them to STL. (We 3D print a lot of molecule models in my group.)
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@Alvin_Balderas_Marti A complementary approach with Blender could be the extension of Atomic Blender for which there are tutorials (e.g., on youtube) and occasional publications (2023JChemEduc2039 is one example published open access).
Should this fail you still have other programs around to write .stl and .wrl files suitable for 3D printing, for instance Jmol, or CCDC’s Mercury (the later even lets you choose between the export of a pure model, or one with supporting struts). The topic equally is featured from time in the same journal (e.g., 2020JChemEduc1682); the public 3D Print Exchange by the NIH may provide complementary information / inspiration (NIH 3D).
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