Studio, you will never be happy, will you?
On 18/04/06, studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi Stefan and Vesa, > >Thanks much for your help on this project that has been > >driving me batty for a long time. I finally got the result > >that I have been wanting which is to convert a sequence of > >3682 spheres to an .STL file for 3D printing. Also thanks > >to Frank Dodd for BB and Michael Angel for Export2STL.js . > > >If there is anyone that is working with .STL files, I'll be > >glad to tell you what I know. > >Cheers, Chuck Henry > > > > > Rancid Meat on a Rusty Hook : > > > > > > Well , I'm sure I'm not the only one who has been following > this thread ... so I will then ask "What was the solution?" > > You did get some excellent sounding advice from several > different directions ... so throw us a bone ... which one > was the correct advice . Some/none/all/etc ? > > And beyond that , if you have some .STL knowledge to > share with us , how about just placing that knowledge on > the Wiki , where yourself and all others can add to it as > that knowledge evolves with time . > > Seriously . I am not asking rhetorically , but am asking > you directly "why not create a page on the Wiki?" . You > give quick thanks , but perhaps that quick thanks could > be transformed into a more substantial and significant > effort ? > > People seem to have no problems with spewing information > into an email ... so what is it about putting that effort into > a more concentrated , more concise , more efficient means of > sharing such info (the Wiki) that is turning everyone off ? > > I get private emails telling me to "back off" because > everyone is simply too busy to contribute . I have another > word for it ... SELFISHNESS ! > > A person may seem to be too busy to share , but not too busy > to ask others to drop what they're doing and contribute to that > person's particular , immediate momentary and monumental needs . > > Really , I am trying to get a grasp on this concept of "take, > but only give back a little or , if lucky , none at all " . > > > > > > > > There is Vesa and there is Juha ... and there is all of us . > > > > > > > studio > www.niagara.com/~studio > www.studiodynamics.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > Wrom: RQBGJSNBOHMKHJYF > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 1:19 AM > Subject: Re: Grids and Metaball conversion...Thanks Stefan and Vesa > > > Hi Stefan and Vesa, > Thanks much for your help on this project that has been driving me batty for > a long time. I finally got the > result that I have been wanting which is to convert a sequence of 3682 > spheres to an .STL file for 3D > printing. Also thanks to Frank Dodd for BB and Michael Angel for > Export2STL.js . > > If there is anyone that is working with .STL files, I'll be glad to tell you > what I know. > Cheers, Chuck Henry > ----- Original Message ----- > Wrom: MYXOEAIJJPHSC > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 5:40 AM > Subject: Re: Grids and Inches... > > > Hello, Chuck > > Thanks for your speedy reply. I'm working on the grid first and finding that > if I import a 1 inch cube from > Rhino (which I know is calibrated to the 3D printer) into R3D and make the > grid conform to it, then it > requires the fields set to .0985, .0985, .0985 and there are 4 subdivisions > per major division of the 1 inch > cube. > > But the measuring system reads .3938 as the length of the side of the cube. > As Stefan said, just delete the old grids and create a new set of inch based > grids. > > There is a danger that when you import an object, some precision is lost or > the import/export modules make > wrong scale conversions. > > The actual inch to meter conversion in Realsoft 3D is correct. Create an > analytic cube which has 1 inch edges, > change to meters and check the dimensions in the property window - the side > is exactly 2.54 cm long. > > Regarding metaball conversion: you can also multi select all spheres under > teh metaball, delete them all and > then convert the result toi SDS or triset. The sub spheres will be then > excluded. > > I hope this helps... > > > Best regards, > > Vesa > > > > > > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/306 - Release Date: 4/9/2006 > >
