SmoothTeddy is great for 7 years old kids or more because they can easily make good simple 3D models with it.

But not being able to export their creation for 3D printing was something really frustrating.
I had to find a way to convert meshes done in SmoothTeddy to a printable 3D format...

The only format SmoothTeddy can export to is ".asg" which is a format I had never heard about before.
Making some research I found out it's an Alice file format.
So I went this route.

I opened my Teddy.asg in Alice2 and from there exported it as Teddy.a2c.
I then changed the .a2c to .zip and uncompressed it.
This gave me 2 files : "indices.bin" and "vertices.bin" (which are not readable)

After downloading 3D Object Converter, I was able to open "indices.bin" and see my Teddy on screen !
From there I new it was going to work !
Just did a "Save as" --> SmoothTeddy.obj (or STL) et VOILA !!!

It works.
But the problem is that in its free version the 3D converter (an excellent one by the way) skips 1 polygon out of 5 on export, resulting in holes in the mesh.
But this can easily be repaired because, by nature, Teddies are quiet low-polygon models.
You could easily do it in SU (a bit long if there are a lot of missing polygons) or with an automatic repair from Window's native 3Dbuilder.

You now have your Teddy in a classic 3D format which should let you do almost anything you wish including printing.

From there I guess you know what to do next.

Wait... isn't there any simplest way to convert my Teddies ?

I must admit that the procedure above is a bit long...
But that's the only way I found after a LOT of researches!
And this test was crucial as a POC (Proof of concept) before any further development.

I had found a guy claiming he had done a "Teddy to OBJ" converter but never found any download link.
And after contacting him, I never received any answer.

So... what can we do next ?

Try to convince my friend Nicetuna to develop a specific tool ?
With my POC and the tests I had done I asked him if he could have a look at my problem.
And after a few days he came back with his homemade converter : ASG2OBJ.

Thanks body!

Nicetuna's ASG2OBJ

You may download ASG2OBJ from here : ASG2OBJ

Usage :

• Unzip
• Create a shortcut for ASG2OBJ.bat (optional)
• Click & Drag your Teddy (.asg) on ASG2OBJ.bat (or its shortcut)

Your converted Teddy (.OBJ) will be in the same folder as the initial Teddy within its own subfolder (same name as your initial Teddy).

Your Teddies might now be 3D printed and your children will be happy!

Cheers. 

This is an example of a Teddy made by a 7 years old kid (seen in Rocket3F)