How to Export STL Files from Sketchup

Sketchup is a great program to use for 3d printing because it's free and intuitive. In this video we walk-through how to export STL files for 3d printing.

STEPS:
1. Open the extension warehouse
2. Download "Sketchup STL" by the "Sketchup Team"
3. Select the geometry within your model that you'd like to send to STL for 3d printing
4. Go to File
5. Select "Export STL"
6. In the pop-up menu select the checkbox which says "Export only current selection"
7. Select units (I use millimeters for my Dremel 3d printer)
8. Select format (I use ASCII for my Dremel 3d printer)
9. Click the export button

Now you have a universal STL file which you can import to your 3d printer's software!

What kind of objects are you exporting with sketchup STL? Let us know in the comments below!

Checkout more of our free sketchup tutorials with video and written explanations here:

[xander]

thank you gnome boy Me and my class mates will pray every night to youre knowledge

[Dinkali]

Video is almost 5 years old, but helped me so much. Thank you, you are a lifesaver :)

[benij]

Damn, i spend days looking for this.... thank you very very much

[craigerwin]

great and simple video for old guys like me want to learn more so will watch his channel

[danielpena]

Tks a lot . . . don´t find a skp to stl converter to proceed with simulation and now its done . Thanks a lot very very useful

[darylhindle]

Thanks this helped alot i have a creality ender 3 and recently started tiny whoop racing and created all models in google sketch up so thanks

[alexandrescherrerbernardo]

Ola, obrigado por compartilhar conosco! Um dia usando o sketchup eu exportei pra stl o arquivo, mas no menu exportar do sketchup, não pela extensão, mas ao abrir num editor 3d pra imprimir em minha flashforge finder o arquivo aberto mas mostrava o modelo em branco, sem imagem alguma.

[Cheesecannon]

A S C two....
It stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), ie: text.
Binary is the one you want unless you're reading the file yourself, it is SO much smaller.

[danny-vbbg]

i downloaded an skp file from 3dwarehouse but when i export it to stl it loses all of the detail. is this something that is inherent when going from skp to stl or am i doing something wrong?

[TheKarout]

I export stl, it does that but file don't import "file not found or valid"

[stankostroitelstvo]

Как в скетчапе сохранить гладкую поверхность в stl? Я сделал шарик, допустим, для печати на 3D принтере, и он распечатал как бы секциями, линиями, то есть не гладкий шарик, а что-то типа сегментированную из 24 штук поверхность...

[lindalittlelegs]

How do i get this version it seems it is only web based now

[atikawahsheh]

I have some printing issues, could you help please?

[mihapeterle]

this is sketchup form google or from sketch up original??

[lsam]

will it has color when I use 3D printer to printer it?

[DesignerhacksPage]

What kind of 3d printing are you guys doing in sketchup?

[mikedoingmikethings]

I started researching 3d Printing about 3 days ago, and I still don’t know why my sketchup looks very different from how your sketchup layout looks. I don’t even see the WINDOWS option...

[brassmonkeyworkshop]

"ASC2" C'mon man! Ascii (ass-kee) code is what your computer uses to display letter characters so you can read it. ASCII is an abbreviation for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

[age_of_reason]

This is now obsolete so why don't you remove the video so people don't get their hopes up and go searching down a rabbit hole in vain. SU doesn't support this for older versions. You can't do any of these things unless you buy the paid version of SU.