Exporting a Completed Mesh

During mesh development in Grasshopper, the mesh appears as a preview that cannot be selected or modified in the Rhino workbook. Once completed, save the mesh in the Rhino workbook by right-clicking the “MMesh” component and selecting the “Bake…” menu option shown in fig-bake-mesh-export. Enter the mesh name and choose its layer in the resulting menu shown in fig-bake-mesh-export.

Figure 1: Saving a mesh: a) the “MMesh” component menu, b) the “Save Attributes” dialog box

In the Rhino workbook, use the design tools to edit the mesh if necessary. To export the mesh in a format compatible with MINEDW, select the mesh, then choose “Export Selected…” in the “File” menu. Save the file as a stereolithography (.STL) file.