Split 3D model into several layers

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minitreintje
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Split 3D model into several layers

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Hi everyone,

I have a 3D model and I want to make it with my CNC. Unfortunately, my CNC has a maximum Z height of 80 mm...
I would like to slice the 3D model in several pieces with a certain thickness, is there a function for that available?

A workaround is to make several copies of the object and use some cubes to cut out each layer, however it's quite a cumbersome manner...

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Dylan
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Re: Split 3D model into several layers

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Did you ever work this out? I was thinking about doing something similar. I imagine you could script some of this with a small python program but that would still be fairly cumbersome
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Re: Split 3D model into several layers

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Create a Part Plane on your section. Then Part|Split|Boolean Fragments and Part|Compound|Explode Compound
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Re: Split 3D model into several layers

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minitreintje wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:44 am ...
daz10000 wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:27 am ...
here is a possibility

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNiBb3C6iBc

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Re: Split 3D model into several layers

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daz10000 wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:27 am I was thinking about doing something similar.
More detail needed.

Are you using g-code output from the Path WB?

Are you using some other output method such as STL?

I am rather confused by this request. How can you process the lower levels of a tall object if your CNC does not have the height capability? It would seem that processing the lower levels requires the upper part of the actual physical material to somehow disappear. How will you do realignment if you manually reposition the material and/or the CNC head?

The original request did not make much sense, and the current revival suffers the same.

Lots of ways to split the object. The correct way depends on what you are trying to achieve.

Gene
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