writing a Python program to generate gcode that 3D prints filament. Step 1: can I print a single color 1 meter piece and then print with it?
Step 2 is adding a pause-at-layer directive to make bi-color filament.
Step 3 is breaking up the single coil into segments and using different colors per segment. I think this would only be useful for a "faster rainbow filament" not for multicolor prints where the color is supposed to end up in a specific spot.
It looks like I could fit up to about 14 meters / 42g of filament on my build plate (Prusa mk3s), depending how close it can spiral to the middle while remaining printable, so this is only useful for smallish projects unless you want to keep loading short lengths every so often.
I did this a long time ago in openscad but it was nearly unusably slow due to the CSG operations. This program isn't dealing in any 3d solid models, it directly generates gcode.
I've been learning things like the inverse arc length calculation for the Archimedean spiral & remembering how to make gcode, so it's been fun and educational even if I fall off the project before completing step 3.
With #Lightburn giving-up on #Linux I’m going to have to find something else to use with the #xtool laser.
If it works with Lightburn in addition to the proprietary xtool software, it must use some kind of #gcode right? So maybe I can use some of the stuff I used when I built my first CNC laser out of cdrom drives?
Hi everyone. Has someone ever saw such an issue with 3D Printing? I have invested hours in troubleshooting and still no progress. It is most of the time the 3rd layer and the first layer is perfect.
I use PETG+ from ACTIVEME at 230/70C° with 6mm retraction and the Ender 3 V2 Neo 0.15mm layer height at 100mm/s printing speed
The fillament is fresh newly opend so it is not humidity.
In the past i printed perfectly fine with the same fillament.
Improved 3D Scanning Rig Adds Full-Sized Camera Support - There are plenty of reasons to pick up or build a 3D scanner. Modeling for animati... - https://hackaday.com/2024/05/17/improved-3d-scanning-rig-adds-full-sized-camera-support/ #3dscanner #grammetry #scanner #camera #gcode #photo #news #dslr
@inkscape isn't just a beauty and powerful application for #artists, but with extensions like #gCODEtools and #LinuxCNC it becomes a free & open hub for #CAD & #CAM projects. It only requires the investment of a @Raspberry_Pi 5 to set this up. Amazing that it works so much better than #Adobe #Illustrator while cheaper as an iMac (including the CNC machine), isn't it?
Please donate whatever you can, to improve it further with full #CMYK and @GTK support...
https://inkscape.org/support-us/donate/
#donate4Freedom #development #vector #SVG #gCODE #FreeSoftware #ArtSoftware #design #App #MastoArt @fsf @fsfe
DDYNAMEX 3D: #OpenSource dual feed progressive cavity #pump #extrusion system for functionally graded direct #ink write (#DIW) #3Dprinting:
-#Prusa-based
-costly due to ViscoTec ecoDUOMIX 450 #extruder
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00515
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #GCODE #Arduino
So.. I think I've given up trying to find an opensource toolchain for setting up lathe operations in #gcode. I'm seeing this as an opportunity to learn more gcode and hand write some of the simple operations I want to perform. Here I am exploring arc interpolation G02 and G03 in lathe mode (XZ plane G18). #learning
Office Chromatography: Miniaturized all-in-one #OpenSource system for planar #chromatography:
-article unfortunately #NOpenAccess
-#3Dprinted
-254 nm #UV #LED illumation
-#Arduino-/#RaspberryPi-/#PiCam-controlled
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02866
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #TLC #GCODE
Gcode enabled xfig
#gcode #xfig #OpenSource
https://harbaum.org/till/cnc/index.shtml