Creating 3D solid and exporting to .stl

I'm having trouble creating a 3D solid object. I can create 3D objects but when I try to export them to .stl, I get a message that no solid objects were selected. Am I creating the 3D object incorrectly or is there something wrong with the export feature? I saw that this was asked back in 2012 but I'm having the same issue with Draftsight 2018 SP0.