# My STEP export from Shapr3d creates empty file

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-step-export-from-shapr3d-creates-empty-file/28354>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-step-export-from-shapr3d-creates-empty-file/28354 "2023-10-10T21:40:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![thousandswar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@thousandswar](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/thousandswar)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-step-export-from-shapr3d-creates-empty-file/28354/1 "2023-10-10T21:40:45Z")

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I am trying to export a few objects from Shapr3D to rhino in a STEP file, but when I do, it saves as a zipped file with nothing in it. If i try to import or open the extracted folder, Rhino says its invalid/has no geometry. I have the most updated version of Shapr3d

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-step-export-from-shapr3d-creates-empty-file/28354/2 "2023-10-10T21:41:40Z")

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Does your design contain mesh bodies (imported STLs)?

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**Author:** ![thousandswar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@thousandswar](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/thousandswar)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-step-export-from-shapr3d-creates-empty-file/28354/3 "2023-10-11T07:56:24Z")

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No everything was built in shapr

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/my-step-export-from-shapr3d-creates-empty-file/28354/4 "2023-10-11T07:57:25Z")

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Please contact our support team directly, they’ll be able to help you with this: [https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new)