gcode2vtk

Hello Reprap community!

I created a tool to convert gcode to vtk files, that you can visualize in paraview:

You can even create time-based animations :Video.



Paraview is quite mighty and therefore complicated, but after understanding its principles, you might find it awesome.

greetings,
Bernhard, Ultimaker fanboy

It looks like it is going to be a very usfull tool ...great work!

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really interesting video, but i tried to do the same and i cant do, please help me with the configuration of paraview in google code said:" You can even create animations: Start with a tube filter, then create a threshold of the filament1. View->Animation. Add a new animation property "threshold->upper level". let it run from 0 to max. set the frames to 1000, and press play, ????? i dont understand thanks

It is really simple.

1. Convert gcode file to vtk using gcode2vtk
2. Open converted vtk in paraview
3. Click "Apply" in Properties tab to make the content visible
4. Add a threshold filter Filters->Common->Threshold
5. In Properties tab with Threshold selected choose "filament1" in the "Scalars list" and click "Apply"
6. Now open animation view: View->Animantion View
7. You'll see big blue "+" icon in the Animation view and two drop down lists next to the plus. From the second list select "Threshold Range (1)"
8. In the animation view change the "No. Frames" value to something big like 1000
9. Click "Play" button and you should be able to see the animation.
10. Optionally you can add a Tube filter (search in the Filter menu) to make line look like filament.

Hi!
I try to make animation, but something is wrong.
Time is runing, but I see only static image of my G-code. No animation



Help me pls!