# STL Export **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 13, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/stl-export/16444 "2017-11-13T14:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/daniel_hurtubise/32/146534_2.png) [@Daniel\_Hurtubise](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Daniel_Hurtubise)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/stl-export/16444/1 "2017-11-13T14:08:10Z")
Hi all, im exporting directly from Dynamo Studio to STL with some surprises šŸ™‚ Iā€™ve hidden any unwanted elements in the view ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/b/6/b60bbb41a5bad866467858e49c370a61313abb9b.png) But iā€™m still getting the surface in the export ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/5/5/559e1c11089bb81b45307a60e8f50f4b33682425.jpg) Those ones ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/7/6/76ed693c6ed01d8691a0bea782dca011992d665d.png) This then creates a lot of work for the model makers. Am i missing anything or itā€™s the inteded behavior? ---
**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/stl-export/16444/2 "2017-11-13T23:43:50Z")
Can you share the dyn and a screenshot of your graph? Itā€™s hard to see what the issue is without seeing the graph. ---
**Author:** ![hzamaniM54WP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f0a364/32.png) [@hzamaniM54WP](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/hzamaniM54WP)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/stl-export/16444/3 "2018-05-04T03:53:51Z")
Hereā€™s a dyn file for the same issue I have + STL file. To refresh, hereā€™s a summary of the issue: the geometry of the nodes which have their ā€œPreviewā€ turned off, still appears in STL file. [Start.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/aywkK2Bjdmrw0168iW2gJ5cFTdX.dyn) (20.4 KB) [model.stl](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/mn9uC9Ji9unshH4Pbj3l4yXPO9O.stl) (2.1 MB) ---
**Author:** ![hzamaniM54WP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f0a364/32.png) [@hzamaniM54WP](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/hzamaniM54WP)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/stl-export/16444/4 "2018-05-04T04:15:59Z")
Also the model rotates 90 degrees and becomes horizontal in STL! ---
**Author:** ![jostein\_olsen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jostein_olsen/32/8570_2.png) [@jostein\_olsen](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jostein_olsen)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/stl-export/16444/5 "2018-05-04T06:27:59Z")
Have you tried the ExportMeshes node in the Mesh Toolkit package? Mind you that you have to have the mesh as a MeshToolkitMesh. Either converting a solid/surface with the Mesh.ByGeom node or by using the translation nodes found in the spring nodes package. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hannell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/andrew_hannell/32/103315_2.png) [@Andrew\_Hannell](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Andrew_Hannell)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/stl-export/16444/6 "2018-05-04T07:50:51Z")
the problem with model orientation is caused by different applications treating z as either ā€˜upā€™ or ā€˜out of the screenā€™ Depending which application you are using- there is often an import option to control this Below screenshot is Meshmixer ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/6/a/6a8ee004994da3fd4a4b11a93013dcd7d0f23baf.jpg) Incidentally, it might be better to start a new post rather than adding on to this old one ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Hannell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/andrew_hannell/32/103315_2.png) [@Andrew\_Hannell](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Andrew_Hannell)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/stl-export/16444/7 "2018-05-04T08:28:07Z")
Depending how you are exporting to STL i.e. in Dynamo, or from Revit- then the 2 options below will probably work Option 2 is better if you need usable elements in Revit. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/e/4/e4a20e2bd8e3c1b0096b09b47cee3eae846b91c2.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/6/8/68d1941c32dc9d0b9b51b8a4ef2b00f1d203c8cc.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/d/b/db7e556d088e7b72c38dae72e99295ee84da72ab.png)