Little Peeve

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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I’ve not figured out why or how to fix. When I export a mesh as *.stl, it works just fine, but always saves in the directory of the PREVIOUS export, not the current directory. So when I go to 3D print, I have to find the previous directory and then move to the proper one.

Is there a command/option to use the CURRENT directory for exports, and not the prior one?

Would make my life easier, …but then I’m learning about where to look.

[Rhino user since ver.0.0beta]

2

@ChrisK,

there is a command SetWorkingDirectory which allows to define the default path used upon export.

Alternatively you might paste the script below into a button command. If your document has been saved, it sets the working directory to the file path and runs the export command:

! -_RunPythonScript (
import os
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs

def ExportToDocPath():
    path = rs.DocumentPath()
    if path: rs.WorkingFolder(os.path.dirname(path))
    rs.Command("_Export", False)

ExportToDocPath()
)

c.

3

Thanks, Clement. Never knew that command existed. Fifteen years!!
Chris