--- title: Save an STL file from different software description: If given the option, export your 3D model as an STL. Our online tools (the repair tool in particular) work most effectively with STL files. 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Type filename and output the STL [Inventor](https://www.autodesk.com/products/inventor/overview) 1. Select: Save Copy As 2. Select: STL 3. Select Options Menu: Set To High 4. Enter Filename 5. Save [IronCAD](https://www.ironcad.com/) 1. Right Click on the Part to be saved 2. Under Part Properties Select Rendering 3. Set Facet Surface Smoothing to: 150 4. Select File: Export 5. Select: STL [Mechanical Desktop](https://www.autodesk.com/products/autocad-mechanical/overview) 1. Amslout @ Command Line \> 2. Angular Tolerance = 0 3. Aspect Ratio = 0 4. Surface Tolerance = .0005" or .0125 mm 5. Vertex Spacing = 0 [ProEngineer](https://www.proengineer.com/) 1. File / Export / Model 2. Choose STL 3. Chord Height: .0005" or .0125 mm 4. Angle Control: .5 5. Click: APPLY [Rhino](https://www.rhino3d.com/) 1. FILE / SAVE AS 2. Select File Type: STL 3. Enter a File Name and Save 4. Select Binary File [SolidEdge](https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/solid-edge/index.shtml) 1. FILE / SAVE AS 2. Set Save as Type: STL then select Options 3. Set: Conversion Tolerance: .0005" or .0125mm 4. Set Surface Plane to: 45.00 (degrees) 5. Save [SolidWorks](https://www.solidworks.fr/) 1. FILE / SAVE AS 2. SAVE AS TYPE / Select: STL 3. Select: Options 4. Deviation Tolerance: .0004" and Angle Tolerance: 7.75 deg 5. Save [Unigraphics](https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/newsroom/press/press_release.cfm?Component=25969&ComponentTemplate=822) 1. FILE / EXPORT / Rapid Prototyping 2. Triangle Tolerance: .0005" or .0125 mm 3. Adjacency Tolerance: 0.12 4. Click: APPLY 5. 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