<p>Not sure if this will solve your issue directly for you but when I save a STL/3MF from F360 I don't use the File/Export in 360.</p>
<p>Instead I just right click the body in the browser tree and save the STL/3MF directly from that menu.
Select <strong>&quot;save as mesh&quot;</strong> This does not add any version number, and also the usage of cloud processing is not required so it's much faster.</p>
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Yes, thanks, that solves my problem. Not the way you think, but it solves my problem.
I noticed this basically gives me the same window I get when I send the model directly to a slicer over the tools tab. The difference is, the checkbox to send it to a slicer isn't checked by default and a file gets created instead. Before, I didn't even realize this checkbox is there.
The way you describe also solves another problem. I can export multiple bodies as separate STL files. That will help me as soon as I start using the dual extrusion feature of the printer I just bought.
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<p>Everytime I export to STL in Fusion 360, a new Version (V1, V2, V3, V4, ...) of the file is created. But I would really like to use that feature to mark bigger changes instead of creating a new version everytime I change a minor detail to see how the Cura reacts to it.</p>
<p>For some reason, no new version gets created when I send the model to Cura via the tools tab. But then no new STL file gets created, but Fusion 360 opens a new instance of Cura instead. Even if Cura is already open.<br>
That's not what I want. I want to overwrite the old STL file so Cura offers me to reload the STL file and I can keep working in the instance of Cura which is already open.</p>
<p>I already deactivated the checkbox to create a new version everytime I save the file. That settings works as expected</p>

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Ops, I meant the setting that creates new versions when I close, not when I save. As I understood it, clicking save is the action that actually should create a new version. But I just realized that setting doesn't work as expected either. So right now, it's not possible for me to close Fusion 360 without losing my work and without creating a new version.
But that's a different story.
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How to stop Fusion 360 from creating a new version on STL export
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# How to stop Fusion 360 from creating a new version on STL export

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-10)

Everytime I export to STL in Fusion 360, a new Version (V1, V2, V3, V4, ...) of the file is created. But I would really like to use that feature to mark bigger changes instead of creating a new version everytime I change a minor detail to see how the Cura reacts to it.

For some reason, no new version gets created when I send the model to Cura via the tools tab. But then no new STL file gets created, but Fusion 360 opens a new instance of Cura instead. Even if Cura is already open.  
That's not what I want. I want to overwrite the old STL file so Cura offers me to reload the STL file and I can keep working in the instance of Cura which is already open.

I already deactivated the checkbox to create a new version everytime I save the file. That settings works as expected

**Tags:** stl, fusion360

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Ops, I meant the setting that creates new versions when I close, not when I save. As I understood it, clicking save is the action that actually should create a new version. But I just realized that setting doesn't work as expected either. So right now, it's not possible for me to close Fusion 360 without losing my work and without creating a new version. But that's a different story.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-08-10. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Not sure if this will solve your issue directly for you but when I save a STL/3MF from F360 I don't use the File/Export in 360.

Instead I just right click the body in the browser tree and save the STL/3MF directly from that menu.
Select **"save as mesh"** This does not add any version number, and also the usage of cloud processing is not required so it's much faster.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ndOnp.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ndOnp.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Yes, thanks, that solves my problem. Not the way you think, but it solves my problem. I noticed this basically gives me the same window I get when I send the model directly to a slicer over the tools tab. The difference is, the checkbox to send it to a slicer isn't checked by default and a file gets created instead. Before, I didn't even realize this checkbox is there. The way you describe also solves another problem. I can export multiple bodies as separate STL files. That will help me as soon as I start using the dual extrusion feature of the printer I just bought.  

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