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Offline John Stevenson

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Slicer software
« on: July 11, 2012, 01:09:39 PM »
So as not to hi-jack the reprap thread i have started a new one.

First of all read this post.

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=18727.0

Forget all the naysayers what I'm interested in is doing the same but in say 3mm slices and getting a DXF of each slice.
Tried to contact Matt but no reply.
Also had a look at slic8r program but can't see how to get a DXF as opposed to a reprap G -Code.

Any clues guys ?

John S.
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Re: Slicer software
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2012, 01:23:02 PM »
Any clues guys ?

John S.


NOPE :)

Interesting thread John ,  i can see the  potential .

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Re: Slicer software
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2012, 01:35:47 PM »
John,
As a thought to your query, there is a guy on cnczone that has a program gcode2dxf (or something like that) that will take a gcode and produce a dxf file from it.

Ah, here is his site:
http://codemangler.com/?page_id=7

Just a thought

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Re: Slicer software
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2012, 02:00:49 PM »
I think JS is after a program that takes a 3D solid file and slices it and is able to save the slices as a DXF file so he can use the DXF file in what ever  CAM program to create a G code file

is a close  :palm:


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Re: Slicer software
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2012, 02:30:38 PM »
Check out "Autodesk 123D Make" might be along the lines your are looking?

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Re: Slicer software
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2012, 02:51:12 PM »
I had seen something along that lines. In fact, I saved the document somewhere that talks about it. Will look when I get home.

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Re: Slicer software
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2012, 03:15:05 PM »
So as not to hi-jack the reprap thread i have started a new one.

First of all read this post.

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=18727.0

Forget all the naysayers what I'm interested in is doing the same but in say 3mm slices and getting a DXF of each slice.
Tried to contact Matt but no reply.
Also had a look at slic8r program but can't see how to get a DXF as opposed to a reprap G -Code.

Any clues guys ?

John S.

John,

Possibly not quite what you want but have a look at 123D MAKE from Autodesk. (Free I think): http://www.123dapp.com/make

At the moment it only exports files in PDF or EPS format. There are free PDF to DXF converters about.

There is a plugin for Sketchup which generates slices for laser cutting but I can't see (without installing Sketchup and the plug in) what format it exports the slices in.
 
Cheers.

Phil.

[Apologies to Chazz - I just noticed that you'd also suggested 123D MAKE]
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Re: Slicer software
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2012, 07:35:40 PM »
Yeah... What I thought was a document talking about software that does this... isn't. It is a document that talks about doing this manually!

Sorry.

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Re: Slicer software
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2012, 06:55:45 PM »
The Meshlab page here: http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/  says:

"Slicing tool. A new tool that allows to export planar sections of a mesh in SVG format "

Inkscape will read SVG and write dxf

I haven't tried any of this.

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Re: Slicer software
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2012, 09:48:11 AM »
I've seen it done using bobcadcam. I'll try to find the video. Did the same to extract profile for lathe work. Basically a plane (or several planes) is drawn cutting into the solid model. The intersection is then taken, leaving behind the slices required.

Add: This is the video:


3G was acting up. Couldn't play the video to confirm earlier.  I can't recall if BobCad can export to DXF. Will check when I get home.

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Wong


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