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08-19-2015, 06:31 AM #1
Having issues tryig to extrude this 2d png file to 3d stl
Normally I load the black and white png file into the 'convert image to 3d' add-in in simplify 3d. set the width I want it and it creates the stl file.
Usualy I use this for making keyrings with text files, and it's always worked perfectly.
But with this file all i get is a blank rectangle.
valscombsm.jpg
file above - it's a comb thought I'd have ago at scanning and printing.
It just won't extrude with s3d.
So is there any other easy way to turn this into a 3d file ?
Needs to be 2mm thick.
Although that's easy to change via slicer - so any thickness really. Dimensions of comb are 200x70mm
Just can't figure out why it's not working - same file type as I usually use, made from the same photo editing program. I've tried 2 colour & greyscale. I usually just go with the 2 colour b&W png.
This is weird.
Cheers
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08-19-2015, 06:47 AM #2
I couldn't get 3dtin to import, so i used embossify.com
It left one layer of the entire image dimensions, but you can probably trim that off, or cut that code out after you slice.
http://samanna.net/3dpb/ca.comb.stl
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08-19-2015, 07:18 AM #3
you can use the lithopane instructables, it works with Processing. All free.
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08-20-2015, 05:24 AM #4
got a link ?
And yep davos it always leaves a flat rectangle under the extruded shape, you just drop that below the build platform and s3d ignores it.
Cheers :-)
well it looks totally weird when you import it - but the print preview looks fine.
I'll have a go this afternoon :-)
Thanks again.Last edited by curious aardvark; 08-20-2015 at 06:01 AM.
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08-20-2015, 10:11 AM #5
http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Photograph/
Did it a couple times before I bought s3d. Works Ok once you dial in the various parameters.
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08-20-2015, 11:22 PM #6
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valscomb2_SCAD.stl
Here is an STL of what I came up with. I used GIMP, Inkscape, and then OpenSCAD. Not the easiest method I'm sure but it works.
I hope the STL file works. It's my first time uploading a file.
Best of luck.
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08-21-2015, 01:59 AM #7
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08-22-2015, 05:55 AM #8
I went with davo's file as he was quickest :-)
Worked a treat, and the pla is way more flexible than the original which had afew bits broken off.
But I was thinking about extruding in openscad - it;s a command I haven't used yet and with the new 2d text command - something I'll need to use.
So thanks for all the replies and I'll give tham all a go :-)
Cheers
It's the second time I've used a flatbed scanner to duplicate something as a 3d printable object.
Really works well - as long as you can extrude the file :-)
@calcutta250.
That's a nice clean model - but lacks a lot of the original detail. Technique definitely has promise as it doesn't have the rectangular base my extrusions usually have.
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08-22-2015, 10:42 PM #9
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Do you happen to have a picture of the real comb you are trying to reproduce? I'm just curious as to what details were lost. I know details were lost but they way I created the stl the scan didn't provide enough information to create a very detailed model. No worries if you don't. Just trying to see what you really wanted to reproduce.
Hope your new comb serves you well.
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