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How to slice an STL file

Posted by imk

imk

How to slice an STL file
March 16, 2015 06:48PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 35

Hello,
I have a STL file I want to print in to parts, I am using cura 15 to print and generate gcode
Is there some way to tell it to cut an stl into a top half and bottom half.
imk

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rhmorrison

Re: How to slice an STL file
March 17, 2015 03:56AM

Registered: 14 years ago
Posts: 3,742

You can use netfabb Basic to slice an STL file into parts (and for a lot of other useful functions).

Bob Morrison
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imk

Re: How to slice an STL file
March 17, 2015 05:54AM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 35

many thanks, ill get on too it.

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dc42

Re: How to slice an STL file
March 17, 2015 06:15AM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 14,672

Slic3r has the ability to divide an STL model into top and bottom parts, and optionally flip one before slicing them.

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