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Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim Part As ModelDoc2
Dim result As Long

Sub main()
    Dim Path As String

    ' SET YOUR STL OUTPUT PATH
    Path = "C:\Stuff\Files\3D printing\STL\"
    
    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    
    Set Part = swApp.ActiveDoc
    If Part Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

    If Part.GetType = swDocDRAWING Then
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    Dim Extension As String
    Dim PartName As String
    PartName = Part.GetTitle
    
    If InStr(PartName, ".SLDPRT") = 0 Then
        MsgBox "Save part first"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    Call SelectAll(Part)

    ConfigName = swApp.GetActiveConfigurationName(PartName)
    Extension = Mid(PartName, InStrRev(PartName, "."))
    PartName = Replace(PartName, Extension, ".stl")
    
    ' Comment out (or delete) the 'If' and 'End If' lines if
    ' you wish for Default configs being in the file name
    If ConfigName <> "Default" Then
        PartName = Replace(PartName, ".stl", "." & ConfigName & ".stl")
    End If
    
    Path = Path & PartName
    result = Part.SaveAs3(Path, 0, 0)
    Call open_s3d(Chr(&H22) & Path & Chr(&H22))
End Sub

Sub open_s3d(stlPath As String)
    Dim sFullPathToExecutable As String
    '                         Change this path if yours is different
    sFullPathToExecutable = "C:\Program Files\Simplify3D\Simplify3D.exe" & Chr(&H20) & stlPath
    Shell sFullPathToExecutable
End Sub

Sub SelectAll(swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2)
    ' Select all edges in the part,
    swModel.Extension.SelectAll
End Sub