One at a time right clicking on each.
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oh ok. Am not going to spend 5 mins exporting models one by one. Not when I can waste ~2hrs writing a script… Will share if I get anywhere, but will halt if someone here chimes in with something they’re using already?
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That could be fun. Make sure not to select multiples, but do get the mirrored one.
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Created export-components.py to generate .STL files. They still need orienting, and looks like some Components contain multiple bodies that should be separately exports (e.g. Side Panels and Case).
Maybe print orientation hint could be put in Component notes in a way that export script would understand. Looking…
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Those two parts are not actually separate components. I just mirrored one real quick. Forgot to seperate it.
As for orientation, I don’t think you can script it. I do not model them as I would print them. I model them kinda randomly as they fit in an assembly.
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Dug into this some more and figured out how we can. Extended the script @ v1engineering-mods/mp3dp-v4/scripts/export-components.py at main · aaronse/v1engineering-mods · GitHub to bulk export .STL files, optionally rotating for 3D Printing based on Body name tweaks. Will share usage details in separate topic…
Edit: Created video and topic over at Fusion 360 - Bulk export parts to .STL files oriented for 3D Printing
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Cool!
Any specific changes in V4.1? I have all the original V4 parts, any parts that I should replace?
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The new hemera fan shroud is nice, The Z belt holders are a bit better. Other than that if your idlers fit, no need to reprint.
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Everything fits great as is, I did a bit of sanding on the parts originally to make the idlers fit.
Is the new shroud just cut in half essentially? Appears to be the same design other than only requiring two screws to mount instead of the 4.
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No, I increased the volume of the air chamber, and nozzles. Hopefully leading to less back pressure and more air flow. From a blow the fan on the face test it seemed to be better.
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This is all the data I need. I’m convinced. Printing the new one now.
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Q: Noticed rack mounted filament spools in…
Curious how/where people are mounting spools to their MP3DP v4 builds, especially with enclosure panels. Back would be inconvenient, so guessing Top/side? Am liking the idea of filament picking up residual heat from the enclosure panels.
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For RMRRF, I think I will mount my spool to the side. I will be working on that mount soon. But there is room to add a mount in a few places. In those V3’s you can see a hole I had cut in the side, I actually put the spools there half in half out for a while.
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I tried to open the latest Fusion 360 file for the printer in Fusion, and struck out. Apparently my Fusion install is not the latest, so I’m not allowed to open the files. Also my laptop / MacOS is too old to install the latest version of Fusion. So, I am not able to edit the parameters and not able to open or edit the F360 file(s). I was able to download and open the SketchUp file, but obviously there would not be any parameter-based changing there. :-/
Is there any chance someone that can open it could possibly save it as compatible for an older version of Fusion 360? My version is 2.0.11680.
UPDATE:
Possibly good news. I remembered I had a Windows version of F360 in a virtual machine of Windows 10, and I tried opening it there. That install is still too old, but it should be updatable, so I will wait for the update to complete and try again!
UPDATE - good and “gooder” and not quite as good:
Good: OK, I was able to update F360, and I was able to open the params file and edit it (for now trying 325 x 325 x 325), and I was able to open the main file with the printer design.
Gooder: It said I have one component that is “out of date” but I was able update. However, notice that this worked only after saving a copy of the main file, and reopening it. Until then, I got errors when trying to update the out of date component
What it looked like before saving a copy of the main file, and reopening it:
Not quite as good: The front enclosure panel, prior to editing params and updating the component, had a V1 Engineering logo cut in, across the bottom, but after the updates to params and component, the logo got raised up too high to work:
BEFORE editing params, saving, reopening, and updating the component (screen shot from SketchUp because I did not have any screen shot from Fusion from before):
AFTER editing params, saving, reopening, and updating the component:
Update:
I manually moved the sketch that produces the V1E logo cut in, and it updated the cut in location to be better.
However, after later going through some details to get the X, Y, and Z linear rails to update to the length based on change to params ( as described in this post here: MP3DP v4 - Aza's build - #25 by DougJoseph ), the V1E logo placement when back to being out of place (I also note that I manually moved it, but did not add any constraints to its location):
Hey, based on these screen shots after I increased usable area from 200x200x200 to 325x325x325, it seems like the enclosure panels screw holes are not quite updating right. Am I correct on that?
How old are we talking? my Macbook Pro is 2012 and running the latest updates. Just have to run patchier software to make it work…but does work excellent
Hmmm okay the logo and holes (actually the panels themselves) are new. I knew the logo would not move but I have literally been changing that every day, no easy way to constrain it until I am happy with it and make it a pattern.
As for the holes…I will try to parameterize them a different way. I hoped they would update but the distance parameter for the pattern was wonky and I am not actually sure I can, so if I can not a a dynamic dimension there I will locate them individually.
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This is not the age of my laptop (which is a mid-2015 model) but the fact that I have a lot of expensive (one-time perpetual licensed) software on this laptop that will become useless if I update my MacOS by even one more version. So it’s actually about my MacOS’s age, not the laptop.
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