Exporting to .step format missed objects

[nnikzat]

I was playing around with seeing how I could export to different formats, and I first tried .STL, and no issues and the object printed just fine. Then I tried the same thing with .step, and one of the two objects exported. The two objects were a hinge, and a twisted square object. This was done yesterday (7 Oct, 2026).

[henmedia]

Thanks for testing, @nnikzat! The missing one is the twisted square: STEP only carries exact CAD bodies, and a twist has no exact form in layerling yet, so that body is skipped. STL is made of triangles, which is why it came through there. The export did say "1 shape skipped" in the status line, but not which one or why - the next version names the skipped bodies and the reason. I'm also looking into building twisted bodies as exact CAD geometry, so they can go into STEP too, but I can't promise that yet.

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[henmedia]

@nnikzat, better than announced: in 1.50.0 twisted shapes are exact CAD bodies, so your twisted square goes into the STEP file now (chamfers, fillets and hollowing work on it too). And if something is ever left out, the message says which body and why.