Re post 'SVG failure'
The subject message was posted in the old forum on 13th July. Presumably
the OP is unaware of the current issues so I'll paste its text below for
wider visibility. Not sure of currently recommended method to ensure
khackbarth sees any answers though.
Terry
The raised shape in the following image is based on an SVG file:
When the model is rendered (on several computers) I see this:
Everything but the raised image is rendered. Sometimes OpenSCAD will
just close.
http://forum.openscad.org/file/n33523/render.png
It appears that the failure is associated with the technique I use to
simulate a chamfer around the top edge of the shape:
http://forum.openscad.org/file/n33523/chamfer.png
I add a couple of "offset" layers to the top of the shape with this
code:
module graphic(){
if (path_and_filename != ""){
scale_factor = (graphic_scale_factor == 1) ? 0.122 :
0.036;
translate([0,slide_Bliss_graphic_vertically,sd/2])
scale([scale_factor,scale_factor,1])
union(){
translate([0,0,-1])
linear_extrude(height=graphic_height+1)
offset(delta = 2)
import(file = path_and_filename,center=true);
translate([0,0,graphic_height])
linear_extrude(height=.1)
offset(delta = 1)
import(file = path_and_filename,center=true);
translate([0,0,graphic_height+.1])
linear_extrude(height=.1)
offset(delta = .005)
import(file = path_and_filename,center=true);
}
}
}
When 3D printed, this method is indistinguishable from a modeled
chamfer.
If I comment the last two chunks in the union(), the model renders
quickly and completely. Note that I see the following in the console
window (on this machine - I can't remember if I saw something similar on
the other PCs):
console.pdf
Any thoughts on why this is occurring? Any alternatives for chamfering
the top edge of a raised SVG image?
It seems to be a function of the size and complexity of the SVG file. I
use PowerPoint to modify the original SVG file so that it will 3D print
well. I didn't have any problem until a couple of weeks ago when
PowerPoint started producing SVG images that were huge and I needed to
scale them smaller in the code.
I use Office 360 so there may have been an update to PowerPoint's SVG
production at that time. I've tried post processing the image with
Inkscape but the render still fails.
Thanks,
Ken