Implant .STL Won't Convert to GCode

[old man emu]

OpenScad or Rhino ... it depends on how your mind has been trained.

With OpenScad, you need to study the way that the software accepts directions. With CAD programs like Rhino, that part of the job has been taken care of by the various tools, you only have to get the hang of using the tool, without the need to know the ins and outs of how the tool is made.

I will admit that knowing what was being created in this example, and having an image of it, it was relatively easy to follow the OpenScad coding.


As an aside, I sliced my drawing and Pronterface said it would take 48 metres of filament and 12 hours to print.

Have you thought of going to your local hardware store and buying a multi-sectioned storage box?

Old Man Emu

[Roxy]

As an aside, I sliced my drawing and Pronterface said it would take 48 metres of filament and 12 hours to print.

Have you thought of going to your local hardware store and buying a multi-sectioned storage box?

Old Man Emu

Holy Cow! I just pulled my design for a 5x5 box into PronterFace and it was saying 41m of filament???? That's crazy!!!

[DrZ234]

Holy Cow! I just pulled my design for a 5x5 box into PronterFace and it was saying 41m of filament???? That's crazy!!!

Is that possible. It's just a box...maybe I should make it thinner

[DrZ234]

Is that possible. It's just a box...maybe I should make it thinner

Here it is, wont convert to GCode.

Is it really going to take up so much filament??

Any way to reduce amount of filament, make it hollow or out of hexagons or something?
Test3.stl

[Roxy]

Here it is, wont convert to GCode.

Is it really going to take up so much filament??

Any way to reduce amount of filament, make it hollow or out of hexagons or something?
Test3.stl

First, a 3mm wall dividing the boxes is probably excessive. That can be cut down to 1.5mm. But maybe it makes sense to not make the wall solid. It can have all kinds of different infill at different fill levels. We can chop that 40m of filament down to 10m I bet.

But anyway... It sliced just fine with Slic3r 1.1.7 I have a really fast machine, but I did notice a 20 second pause when it was generating the perimeters. I think you just need to let it sit and chew on it for a few minutes. (I have lots of memory too... That really helps when you are slicing.). Give it 10 minutes before you kill it.

At the end of the attached GCode file, it says all the settings that were used to slice it. At worst case, you can just duplicate those settings and it should slice on your machine.

[DrZ234]

First, a 3mm wall dividing the boxes is probably excessive. That can be cut down to 1.5mm. But maybe it makes sense to not make the wall solid. It can have all kinds of different infill at different fill levels. We can chop that 40m of filament down to 10m I bet.

But anyway... It sliced just fine with Slic3r 1.1.7 I have a really fast machine, but I did notice a 20 second pause when it was generating the perimeters. I think you just need to let it sit and chew on it for a few minutes. (I have lots of memory too... That really helps when you are slicing.). Give it 10 minutes before you kill it.

At the end of the attached GCode file, it says all the settings that were used to slice it. At worst case, you can just duplicate those settings and it should slice on your machine.

Roxy, thanks again for all of your help, really appreciated.

I am using Slic3r 0.9.9 as recommended by Makerfarm, I will leave it longer to see if it clears "generating perimeters".

Is there any EASY way to make the whole base like this http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:421886 to save filament? (also does Slic3r give that total filament needed statistic?)

[Roxy]

Roxy, thanks again for all of your help, really appreciated.

I am using Slic3r 0.9.9 as recommended by Makerfarm, I will leave it longer to see if it clears "generating perimeters".

Is there any EASY way to make the whole base like this http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:421886 to save filament? (also does Slic3r give that total filament needed statistic?)

There have been a lot of improvements to Slic3r since 0.9.9 ! I would deviate from MakerFarm's recommendation on that one! I don't think that Cabinet or it's drawers are going to get abused too badly in an office environment. I would try just 1 outside perimeter, with 15% or 20% infill. You will be able to see if that is working before the whole part is printed. If 1 outside perimeter doesn't work, you can bump it up to 2. That would reduce the amount material (and print time) significantly.