ronaldb 0 Report post Posted February 11, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform Hi guys I am currently a student. We received a design project where we must design a 3D printing platform. Luckily, only the mechanical part of the design is necessary so no controlling or electrical behavior is necessary to design.. I would appreciate any help with a really simple design because simplicity is really a key concept in the design. Regards RB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcgyvr 2 Report post Posted February 12, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform Ultimaker is open source.. just copy.... :-P https://github.com/Ultimaker/Ultimaker2 Google images will show thousands of designs just by searching for "3d printer" or "xyz gantry" There are thousands of ways to design one.. Defining the requirements first can quickly narrow the options down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
francfalco 37 Report post Posted February 12, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform Never knew that library existed! So if i wanted to download this file as a dxf - would it be possible? https://github.com/Ultimaker/Ultimaker2/commit/3276cc181b2516ad4b1008362bb848f9afa2d6ee#diff-3de9aa7f40b1cac53196fec4311a736f I want to look at making a new metal cooling duct set up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pm_dude 26 Report post Posted February 12, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform Many CAD software support step files. You can load STEP files in Designspark Mechanical and export it as STL. Then you can load it in Meshlab and export it as dxf. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
francfalco 37 Report post Posted February 12, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform Forgive my ignorance, but how do i get the .STEP file extracted from the Github page to then be able to load to Designspark Mech and export to .stl? I cant see an obvious 'download' option and when i right click to 'save' file it only downloads a .html file? Or Does anyone have the saved .stl to share? thanks for help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pm_dude 26 Report post Posted February 12, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform from the path you shared click on view next to the step file. Then click on raw and it will open the step file in your browser (or maybe ask to save the file depending on your browser). You can then save the file itselft. In Chrome use the main control menu and click save page as. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Titus 169 Report post Posted February 12, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform Copying UM won't get you anywhere in the academic world as it is not allowed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
francfalco 37 Report post Posted February 13, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform Might be a Mac issue but downloading via RAW tab into browser and then saving gives me either: A 'web'.STEP or a .STEP.txt file neither seem to be valid .step files when i try to convert to .stl via the various online converter platforms? Must be user error but what am i doing wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ultiarjan 1,081 Report post Posted February 13, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform https://github.com/Ultimaker/Ultimaker2 try the "download zip" on the right of the page and download all UM2 files in one zip file ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ultiarjan 1,081 Report post Posted February 13, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform http://umforum.ultimaker.com/index.php?/topic/2772-spaceclaim/?p=53816 and this is how to unlock the STEP in design spark mechanical Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
francfalco 37 Report post Posted February 13, 2015 in Designing of 3D printer platform Thats great - all sorted! Thanks for help all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
