How to I export my .scad file into .stl format? Does it work the same for a 3D printer? If anyone has tips on using (step by step) OpenSCAD with a 3D printer it would be very helpful. Thank you very much. -- View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/3D-printing-Export-into-STL-Format-tp12004.html Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

I just use the Export STL in the menu and then send the resulting file to my printer software. I'm running an Afinia H479 and the software handles all the slicing functions. Someone using a different printer may have a different approach. Curt Curt Givens GCAC Earthdog Director/GCDOC Barn Hunt Director "do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup" Motorcyclist know why dogs hang their heads out of car windows On 3/13/2015 8:08 PM, Mr. Summers wrote: > How to I export my .scad file into .stl format? > Does it work the same for a 3D printer? > > > If anyone has tips on using (step by step) OpenSCAD with a 3D printer it > would be very helpful. Thank you very much. > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/3D-printing-Export-into-STL-Format-tp12004.html > Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org

On 2015-03-14 01:08, Mr. Summers wrote: > How to I export my .scad file into .stl format? > Does it work the same for a 3D printer? > > > If anyone has tips on using (step by step) OpenSCAD with a 3D printer it > would be very helpful. Thank you very much. The .stl format is just one of several possible *intermediate* representations, although a very common one. If you limit the 3D printer" to be the printer hardware, onboard electronics + firmware only, then your typical 3D printer does not actually understand .stl at all. The printer firmware expects "G-code" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-code After saving your .scad to .stl format (OpeScad: File -> Export -> STL), you must run it through a slicer program (slic3r, KISSlicer, ...) to create G-code. Ignoring some differences in startup and shutdown G-code sequences for different printer hardware, it is the G-code that works the same for different printers. I am waiting for my first printer to arrive soon. My idea is to use OpenSCAD to create models, save to .stl and then create G-code from STL using KISSlicer, all done on a PC. I plan to hook my printer up with a Raspberry PI with wireless Wifi to run OctoPrint. Then it is just a matter of dragging/dropping the generated G-code file into the Web user interface of OctoPrint to actually do the 3D-printing, completely independent of the PC, which is free to do other things as the printing proceeds. I find such a setup more flexible, clear and attractive than an "all-in-one" solution where the borders between the PC, software(s) and printer are made fuzzy and hidden for no good reason (IMHO).

I use Repetier-Host to process my STL files and send them to the printer. Free, and highly recommended. Jon On 3/14/2015 8:40 AM, Carsten Arnholm wrote: > On 2015-03-14 01:08, Mr. Summers wrote: >> How to I export my .scad file into .stl format? >> Does it work the same for a 3D printer? >> >> >> If anyone has tips on using (step by step) OpenSCAD with a 3D printer it >> would be very helpful. Thank you very much. > > The .stl format is just one of several possible *intermediate* > representations, although a very common one. If you limit the 3D > printer" to be the printer hardware, onboard electronics + firmware > only, then your typical 3D printer does not actually understand .stl > at all. > > The printer firmware expects "G-code" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-code > > After saving your .scad to .stl format (OpeScad: File -> Export -> > STL), you must run it through a slicer program (slic3r, KISSlicer, > ...) to create G-code. Ignoring some differences in startup and > shutdown G-code sequences for different printer hardware, it is the > G-code that works the same for different printers. > > I am waiting for my first printer to arrive soon. My idea is to use > OpenSCAD to create models, save to .stl and then create G-code from > STL using KISSlicer, all done on a PC. > > I plan to hook my printer up with a Raspberry PI with wireless Wifi to > run OctoPrint. Then it is just a matter of dragging/dropping the > generated G-code file into the Web user interface of OctoPrint to > actually do the 3D-printing, completely independent of the PC, which > is free to do other things as the printing proceeds. > > I find such a setup more flexible, clear and attractive than an > "all-in-one" solution where the borders between the PC, software(s) > and printer are made fuzzy and hidden for no good reason (IMHO). > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4306/9297 - Release Date: 03/14/15 > >