how would support materials be integrated into the software when they become available? May 27, 2008 04:26PM |
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Re: how would support materials be integrated into the software when they become available? May 29, 2008 02:25AM |
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Re: how would support materials be integrated into the software when they become available? May 29, 2008 04:30AM |
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Not so much, the current toolhead can be automatically attached and released; the remaining problems in terms of toolchange strike me as software (move the carriage to the proper place, converse with the toolhead, etc), building a rack to hold idle tools is trivial unless you want to keep them active while they wait, or if you have a very large number of tools relative to the edge space of your machine. Even with those factors the challenge is not terribly daunting.
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Current builds work well without support material at all, but they are designed for that. If we want a machine that produces more than simple inert objects then materials matter and we will need lots
Re: how would support materials be integrated into the software when they become available? May 29, 2008 12:20PM |
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Re: how would support materials be integrated into the software when they become available? May 29, 2008 01:14PM |
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As far as swappable toolheads, goes, perhaps it has been long enough that some of you missed the prototype design that Adrian's graduate student came up with a few months ago. Seems easy and quick.
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The thing to remember about support materials is that the problem is harder than it seems at first
Re: how would support materials be integrated into the software when they become available? May 29, 2008 01:19PM |
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