{"id":152,"date":"2008-12-08T10:03:30","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T10:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/152-exporting-stl-files-from-alibre-express-to-shapeways.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:44:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:44:36","slug":"exporting-stl-files-from-alibre-express-to-shapeways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/exporting-stl-files-from-alibre-express-to-shapeways","title":{"rendered":"Exporting STL files from Alibre Express to Shapeways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/hisdesign?user_id=8177\">Maddox<\/a>, who is doing a lot of interesting work on Shapeways such as these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/forum\/index.php?t=msg&amp;goto=2150&amp;S=4dfa7127a73adffcdcbd4973e78666f2&amp;srch=iris#msg_2150\">hinges<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/7432\/heart_ring.html\">these rings that I<\/a> love and this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/forum\/index.php?t=msg&amp;goto=1846&amp;S=4dfa7127a73adffcdcbd4973e78666f2&amp;srch=iris#msg_1846\">Iris<\/a>. You can also check out his t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.madox.net\/blog\/\">echy and interesting blog here<\/a>. Now he has posted a video on his site that shows you how you can export from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alibre.com\/xpress\/software\/alibre-design-xpress.asp\">Alibre Express<\/a> to Shapeways. 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