Solid mesh for milling

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ahundt
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Solid mesh for milling

Post by ahundt »

I would like the ability to make a mesh solid, so that I can mill out the volume. Ideally I could export the milled shape too. This is likely useful to everyone who needs a milling simulation.

coppelia
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Re: Solid mesh for milling

Post by coppelia »

Hello,

this is a good idea, we are still looking at implementing this via a plugin. The main problem is that the libraries that offer that volumetric cutting functionality are very expensive.

Another way would be to record all cylinder/sphere positions (i.e. basically the mill trajectory), then perform the cutting operation in a different application, that supports boolean operations between volumes.

Cheers

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