Export Part With Color

wayne_sauder

 Is there a way to export a part in stl. format and it keeps the color you assign to it by editing the appearance? When I export a part that I made green, and then open that file in another program, it always opens in white. Am I doing something wrong?    

owen_sparks

Hi.  The stl format is just a cloud of points (not even a solid) and does not allow for color. It's mostly used for things like 3D printing.   Other more CAD-like formats will preserve colour, such as some flavors of step.

Cheers, Owen S.

owen_sparks

Hi.  The stl format is just a cloud of points (not even a solid) and does not allow for color. It's mostly used for things like 3D printing.   Other more CAD-like formats will preserve colour, such as some flavors of step.

Cheers, Owen S.

wayne_sauder

Ok, great and thanks for the help. 

owen_sparks

No worries.

Owen S.

kevin_white

I am trying to use OnShape with my students for Augmented and Virtual Reality projects. Similarly having issues with color loss. I found the collada export (which is .dae) is working best so far with the Merge Cube viewer for Augmented Reality. However, I am still having issues with using it in CoSpaces.  I really wish OnShape offered an OBJ export option that maintained texture. 

Rufus31415

kevin_white said:

I am trying to use OnShape with my students for Augmented and Virtual Reality projects. Similarly having issues with color loss. I found the collada export (which is .dae) is working best so far with the Merge Cube viewer for Augmented Reality. However, I am still having issues with using it in CoSpaces.  I really wish OnShape offered an OBJ export option that maintained texture. 

@kevin_whit, I think you would be interested in this prototype. It is an OnShape viewer for Hololens

https://onshape-mr.github.io/

https://forum.onshape.com/discussion/12462/onshape-for-mixed-reality

jim_parente

had the same problem, tried different formats; found that "OBJ" kept the color when importing to "Anycubic slicer next"