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I have the code of a spherical gyroid written in Mathematica and I am unable to save it in STL format. The image is shown in the figure below and the code is shown below. I need help with a code on how to save it as an STL file.

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r = 2 Pi;
model = ContourPlot3D[
  Sin[x] Cos[y] + Sin[y] Cos[z] + Sin[z] Cos[x] == 0, {x, -r, 
   r}, {y, -r, r}, {z, -r, r},
  RegionFunction -> ({x, y, z} \[Function] x^2 + y^2 + z^2 <= r^2),
  Mesh -> None, PlotTheme -> "ThickSurface", 
  Method -> {"Extrusion" -> .3}]
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  • $\begingroup$ Export["output.stl", model] doesn't work? $\endgroup$
    – cvgmt
    Nov 25, 2020 at 12:16
  • $\begingroup$ Good evening sir, the code doesn't work, I will be grateful if you give me your own code. I have been stressing about this for two weeks now $\endgroup$
    – Selamo Basile
    Nov 25, 2020 at 19:13

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First remove the Box and Axes

r=2 Pi;
model = ContourPlot3D[Sin[x] Cos[y] + Sin[y] Cos[z] + Sin[z] Cos[x] == 0, {x, -r,r}, {y, -r, r}, {z, -r, r},RegionFunction -> ({x, y, z} \[Function] x^2 + y^2 + z^2 <= r^2),Mesh -> None,PlotTheme -> "ThickSurface",Method -> {"Extrusion" -> .3}
, Axes -> False, Boxed -> False]

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Now you might use the answer (thanks @Henrik Schumacher) of your own question from march2020 how to save a file in STL format

Export[…,DiscretizeGraphics[model]]
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  • $\begingroup$ thank you for the answer Sir, but here is the complete code, once I run it gives me an error...r = 2 Pi; model = ContourPlot3D[ Sin[x] Cos[y] + Sin[y] Cos[z] + Sin[z] Cos[x] == 0, {x, -r, r}, {y, -r, r}, {z, -r, r}, RegionFunction -> ({x, y, z} [Function] x^2 + y^2 + z^2 <= r^2), Mesh -> None, PlotTheme -> "ThickSurface", Method -> {"Extrusion" -> .3}, Axes -> False, Boxed -> False, Export["a.stl", DiscretizeGraphics[model]]] $\endgroup$
    – Selamo Basile
    Nov 25, 2020 at 19:06
  • $\begingroup$ The code runs on v12 Windows 10. What errors occur? $\endgroup$
    – Ulrich Neumann
    Nov 25, 2020 at 19:08
  • $\begingroup$ I will be grateful if you send me your own code Sir, I have that windows version $\endgroup$
    – Selamo Basile
    Nov 25, 2020 at 19:10
  • $\begingroup$ Copy the three lines of code from my answer, quit your kernel and run the code. That's all. That's all I have. $\endgroup$
    – Ulrich Neumann
    Nov 25, 2020 at 19:15
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    $\begingroup$ In 12.1.1,we must set RegionBoundaryStyle -> None to remove the extra sphere, it maybe a bug. Perhaps this settings cause the kernel crash when we using DiscretizeGraphics $\endgroup$
    – cvgmt
    Nov 26, 2020 at 9:05
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Another way maybe use RegionPlot3D. Here we calculate the normal of surface and then perturbate the surface along the normal to create a thick surface.

r = 2 Pi;
f = Sin[x] Cos[y] + Sin[y] Cos[z] + Sin[z] Cos[x];
normal = Grad[f, {x, y, z}];
norm = normal^2 // Total // Evaluate;
model = RegionPlot3D[
  x^2 + y^2 + z^2 <= r^2 && f^2 <= 0.01 norm, {x, -r, r}, {y, -r, 
   r}, {z, -r, r}, Mesh -> None, Boxed -> False, Axes -> False, 
  PlotPoints -> 100]
Export["output.stl", model]
Import["output.stl"]

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