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Can Slic3r read obj files with bezier surfaces?

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aegidius

Can Slic3r read obj files with bezier surfaces?
September 09, 2016 02:55AM

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Can Slic3r read obj files with bezier or other curved surfaces? If so, which version of the obj format does it support?

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dmould

Re: Can Slic3r read obj files with bezier surfaces?
September 09, 2016 10:59AM

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Slic3r uses STL files as input, which cannot have curved surfaces (curves are simulated with many short straight sections). The 3D printer controller will always have to do a similar transformation even if it supports circles in the G-code (not many printers do), so you won't gain anything anyway.

Dave

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aegidius

Re: Can Slic3r read obj files with bezier surfaces?
September 10, 2016 12:54AM

Registered: 10 years ago
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I know it can read .obj files (Wavefront .obj) already - just wondering at what level of support. I'm writing an app which deals in bezier surfaces mainly, so would like to know if Slic3r can accept them directly or if I have to flatten them.

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aegidius

Re: Can Slic3r read obj files with bezier surfaces?
September 15, 2016 12:46AM

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I knocked up a bezier surface in a .obj file, and Slic3r (1.6.1) didn't understand it.
Is anyone in the know on this forum with Slic3r development? Or are .obj files dead in the water?

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bubnikv

Re: Can Slic3r read obj files with bezier surfaces?
October 07, 2016 06:01AM

Registered: 11 years ago
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You have to flatten them out. Slic3r does not understand Bezier surfaces.

Vojtech