zcorp 450 3D printer. not Inventor friendly

[CADpaul]

just got the Zcorp 450 3D printer, i use Inventor 11 pro as my main modeling programme, so i have to import my model into 3D studio Max, then export to a 3DS file in order to print, bit of a pain! any one know of another way?

thanks

 

[cadmate]

Have you tried to save part as an 'STL' file? Not tried it myself but I belive this is the format for 3d printing