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Karl Exler

Sat, Jul 1, 2023 7:23 AM

Dear all,

Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and
build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist,
that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But
only in F5...
When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-(

Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available as STL?

Many thanks
Karl

Dear all, Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist, that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But only in F5... When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-( Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available as STL? Many thanks Karl

NH

nop head

Sat, Jul 1, 2023 7:39 AM

Only if the STL is manifold. I.e. forms a valid mesh with no holes,
degenerate triangles or self intersections. The STLs I produce with
OpenSCAD are like that but most STLs on thingiverse aren't.

On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 08:23, Karl Exler karl.exler@meinklang.cc wrote:

Dear all,

Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and
build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist,
that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But
only in F5...
When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-(

Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available as
STL?

Many thanks
Karl

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Only if the STL is manifold. I.e. forms a valid mesh with no holes, degenerate triangles or self intersections. The STLs I produce with OpenSCAD are like that but most STLs on thingiverse aren't. On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 08:23, Karl Exler <karl.exler@meinklang.cc> wrote: > Dear all, > > Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and > build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist, > that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But > only in F5... > When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-( > > Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available as > STL? > > Many thanks > Karl > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >

KE

karl.exler@meinklang.cc

Sat, Jul 1, 2023 9:31 AM

thanks for this hint... Installed Mashlab, tried different optimizations and voilà the STL works.
Thank you
Karl

Am 1. Juli 2023 09:39:30 MESZ schrieb nop head nop.head@gmail.com:

Only if the STL is manifold. I.e. forms a valid mesh with no holes,
degenerate triangles or self intersections. The STLs I produce with
OpenSCAD are like that but most STLs on thingiverse aren't.

On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 08:23, Karl Exler karl.exler@meinklang.cc wrote:

Dear all,

Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and
build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist,
that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But
only in F5...
When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-(

Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available as
STL?

Many thanks
Karl

OpenSCAD mailing list
To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

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Diese Nachricht wurde von unterwegs gesendet...

thanks for this hint... Installed Mashlab, tried different optimizations and voilà the STL works. Thank you Karl Am 1. Juli 2023 09:39:30 MESZ schrieb nop head <nop.head@gmail.com>: >Only if the STL is manifold. I.e. forms a valid mesh with no holes, >degenerate triangles or self intersections. The STLs I produce with >OpenSCAD are like that but most STLs on thingiverse aren't. > >On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 08:23, Karl Exler <karl.exler@meinklang.cc> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and >> build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist, >> that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But >> only in F5... >> When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-( >> >> Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available as >> STL? >> >> Many thanks >> Karl >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >> -- Diese Nachricht wurde von unterwegs gesendet...

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jon

Sat, Jul 1, 2023 11:32 AM

This question crops up frequently. Others here have written STL
cleaners. Would there be any way to automatically offer to clean STLs
on the fly, rather than forcing every user on this learning curve?
PrusaSlicer offers to use NetFabb to do this. Do we have better options
here?

Jon

On 7/1/2023 3:23 AM, Karl Exler wrote:

Dear all,

Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and
build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist,
that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But
only in F5...
When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-(

Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available
as STL?

Many thanks
Karl

OpenSCAD mailing list
To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

This question crops up frequently. Others here have written STL cleaners. Would there be any way to automatically offer to clean STLs on the fly, rather than forcing every user on this learning curve? PrusaSlicer offers to use NetFabb to do this. Do we have better options here? Jon On 7/1/2023 3:23 AM, Karl Exler wrote: > Dear all, > > Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and > build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist, > that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But > only in F5... > When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-( > > Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available > as STL? > > Many thanks > Karl > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

NH

nop head

Sat, Jul 1, 2023 12:34 PM

Even the free NetFabb version doesn't remove self intersections.

On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 12:32, jon jon@jonbondy.com wrote:

This question crops up frequently. Others here have written STL
cleaners. Would there be any way to automatically offer to clean STLs
on the fly, rather than forcing every user on this learning curve?
PrusaSlicer offers to use NetFabb to do this. Do we have better options
here?

Jon

On 7/1/2023 3:23 AM, Karl Exler wrote:

Dear all,

Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and
build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist,
that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But
only in F5...
When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-(

Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available
as STL?

Many thanks
Karl

OpenSCAD mailing list
To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

Even the free NetFabb version doesn't remove self intersections. On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 12:32, jon <jon@jonbondy.com> wrote: > This question crops up frequently. Others here have written STL > cleaners. Would there be any way to automatically offer to clean STLs > on the fly, rather than forcing every user on this learning curve? > PrusaSlicer offers to use NetFabb to do this. Do we have better options > here? > > Jon > > > On 7/1/2023 3:23 AM, Karl Exler wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and > > build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this mailinglist, > > that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this works great... But > > only in F5... > > When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-( > > > > Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available > > as STL? > > > > Many thanks > > Karl > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenSCAD mailing list > > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >

GB

Glenn Butcher

Sat, Jul 1, 2023 2:29 PM

I'm also interested in this; re-organizing my project to use Makefiles,
would like to introduce a command-line cleaner in my OpenSCAD targets.
I'm messing with admesh right now, but it leave errors on the table that
Microsoft 3DBuilder takes care of, so I either don't know enough about
how to configure admesh or it's missing a failure mode...

On 7/1/2023 5:32 AM, jon wrote:

This question crops up frequently. Others here have written STL
cleaners. Would there be any way to automatically offer to clean STLs
on the fly, rather than forcing every user on this learning curve?
PrusaSlicer offers to use NetFabb to do this. Do we have better
options here?

Jon

On 7/1/2023 3:23 AM, Karl Exler wrote:

Dear all,

Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and
build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this
mailinglist, that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this
works great... But only in F5...
When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-(

Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available
as STL?

Many thanks
Karl

OpenSCAD mailing list
To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

OpenSCAD mailing list
To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

I'm also interested in this; re-organizing my project to use Makefiles, would like to introduce a command-line cleaner in my OpenSCAD targets. I'm messing with admesh right now, but it leave errors on the table that Microsoft 3DBuilder takes care of, so I either don't know enough about how to configure admesh or it's missing a failure mode... On 7/1/2023 5:32 AM, jon wrote: > This question crops up frequently. Others here have written STL > cleaners. Would there be any way to automatically offer to clean STLs > on the fly, rather than forcing every user on this learning curve? > PrusaSlicer offers to use NetFabb to do this. Do we have better > options here? > > Jon > > > On 7/1/2023 3:23 AM, Karl Exler wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> Sometimes I make my live easier and import drawings from Inkscape and >> build my objects onto them. Some weeks ago I read in this >> mailinglist, that it is also possible to import STL's. Yes, this >> works great... But only in F5... >> When I press F6, all those parts are gone :-( >> >> Is there a way to reuse parts which are already (and only) available >> as STL? >> >> Many thanks >> Karl >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

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importing STL?