STL models are saved "sideways"

[msharp]

When I save a project as an STL, then open that STL in another application (like tinkercad, or cura) it is rotated 90 degrees. Any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks!

[bernat]

Hi!

There's actually an issue filed in 2015 requesting just that

The fact is that we do not currently have much time or resources to spend in development, but this is somewhere in the roadmap and shouldn't be too hard to implement.

Sorry about that!

[welfringer]

Hi, until the issue is fixed, here is a workaround:

• At the start of your project, Set [Z] rotation to [90] and Set [Y] rotation to [-90]
• Make sure that you're not using any absolute coordinates (as in Change absolute [X/Y/Z] by [1])
• Et voilà, there is no step 3

That worked for me at least, my STLs are now perfectly placed when I load them into the slicer.