![]() Click the ' Export Selected ' checkbox and click OK. Then from the Scripts submenu in the Tools menu, choose 65 ' Export GNU Triangulated Surface ' and select the imported STL shape. Then import the STL file using the STL 64 import plugin in the import submenu of the Art of Illusion file menu. To 63 bring the script into Art of Illusion, drop it into the folder ArtOfIllusion/Scripts/Tools/. The import plugin for STL files is 58 experimental and if it doesn ' t work, an indirect way to import an STL file is by turning it into a GTS file is by using the Export GNU 59 Triangulated Surface script at: 60 %20G NU % 20Triangulated % 20Surface.bsh 61 62 The Export GNU Triangulated Surface script is also in the Art of Illusion folder, which is in the same folder as skeinforge.py. If it did not, look for it at: 48 49 50 If you want python and Tkinter together on MacOS, you can try: 51 52 53 If you want python and Tkinter together on all platforms and don ' t mind filling out forms, you can try the ActivePython package 54 from Active State at: 55 56 57 Skeinforge imports Stereolithography (.stl) files or GNU Triangulated Surface (.gts) files. 34 35 36 Alternative 37 38 Another way to make gcode for a model is to use the Java RepRap host program, described at: 39 40 41 42 Getting Started 43 44 For skeinforge to run, install python 2.x on your machine, which is available from: 45 46 47 To use the preferences dialog you ' ll also need Tkinter, which probably came with the python installation. A preference which is often different is the 33 ' Extrusion Diameter ' in carve. 31 32 The default preferences are similar to those on Nophead ' s machine. ![]() 29 30 The interpret tool accesses and displays the import plugins. 26 27 The analyze tool calls plugins in the analyze_plugins folder, which will analyze the gcode in some way when it is generated if 28 their Activate checkbox is selected. 24 25 There are also tools which handle preferences for the chain, like material & polyfile. When the Activate checkbox 23 is off, the tool will just hand off the gcode to the next tool without modifying it. 15 16 To run skeinforge, type in a shell in the same folder as skeinforge: 17 > python skeinforge.py 18 19 To run only fill for example, type in the skeinforge_tools folder which fill is in: 20 > python fill.py 21 22 If you do not want a tool after fill to modify the output, deselect the Activate checkbox for that tool. ![]() When the ' Skeinforge ' button is clicked, 14 skeinforge calls export, since that is the end of the chain. ![]() 12 13 The skeinforge module provides a single place to call up all the preference dialogs. ![]() If you want to use all the tools, call export and it will call in turn all the other tools down the chain to produce the gcode file. So if you want a carved & filled gcode, call the fill tool and it will call carve, then it will fill and output the 11 gcode. Each tool automatically gets the gcode from the 10 previous tool. 7 8 The tool chain starts with carve, which carves the model into layers, then the layers are modified by other tools in turn like 9 fill, comb, tower, raft, stretch, hop, wipe, oozebane, fillet & export. Raw file 1 #!/usr/bin/python 2 3 """ 4 Introduction 5 6 Skeinforge is a GPL tool chain to forge a gcode skein for a model. ![]()
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