Re: rhino + 3d printer

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Graham Stabler"
<grezmos@...> wrote:

>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "afogassa" <afogassa@>

wrote:

> >
> > HI All,
> > I've downloaded rhino 4 and it looks that the tools to make a

3d

> > printer is there, just need a little to make it work.
> > I draw a part then saved as .Slc file then opened and hatch

one

> > slice then saved as a windows metafile.
> > now, one could make a script to put each slc slice on a

diferent

> > layer and hatch it up then print it.
> > Too bad it has only 25 savings.
> > How about that?
> >
> > Fogassa
> >
>
> I'm afraid it may be more complicated than that, in order to fill

you

> need to know which parts should be filled, you can't just fill all
> contours as some may represent an interior wall of a tube for

example.

> Graham
>

Well, did another try at it, and if you select all of the slc
contours and do a surface from planar curves then it gets filled
prety fast.
now we just need a way to organize the layers and then save it to
print later.