I'm very new to this whole process. I modeled an item in Sketchup, exported to an STL file and read it into MC. Stepping through the generated layers, I see one that is really wacky (tech term
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Jim
I might try Blender, at least as a post-processing step for sketchup stuff, if not the entire design process, as it has a plug-in that will do things like scanning for non-manifold surfaces, overhangs, inverted faces, and a couple other 3D printing specific issues, and is free, while keeping your stuff out of the cloud.Burley wrote:It'll be interesting, and a good learning opportunity. MC's layout is pretty good, but 'foreign' to me. I've been using Mach3 for years on my CNC mill. Most of my experience was with Mastercam years ago, when I was rewriting the 'posts' for CNC mills, lathes, plasma, etc. So, a little slow on the uptake but I'll try to keep up. I guess I didn't sense the bad vibes with SketchUp as I was researching 3D printing. But as one commented about keeping "his stiff" in or out of the cloud, I definitely would keep mine 'out' of a cloud.![]()
Jim