Hello, I am learning Grasshopper for 3Dprinting with ABB robot. Is anyone help me to get started? I can’t get any documentation to know how to use a robot for 3D printing in Grasshopper. What is the best plug in to use? Where can I find some useful documents? Please help me, Thanks.

Thank you for your Reply, Armin. Now I know what plug ins to use. I would like to know how to generate the toolpath for the robot to follow in grasshopper.

I am learning Grasshopper to be able to use the CAD models to generate the toolpath in grasshopper for a robot to follow to print 3D parts. I just know the basics so far. Could you guys please help me with some documents and some samples on how I can program the robot for a 3D printing process with…

Hi Gerthie - I’ve been using Grasshopper for several years to design parts for 3D printing. But - my printer is a regular FDM printer, not a robot machine. This means I can use pre-existing and well proven programs called slicers to create the necessary tool path to physically print the geometry tha…

Thank you for your help, Birk. I am using ABB IRB 4600 robot for additive manufacturing (3D printing). My concern is I don’t know how to program the robot in Grasshopper for the 3D printing process.

I think it’s quite a challenge you have set yourself there. Have you used the robot arm for anything like 3D printing with another software, like Autodesk Fusion, before? Robot arms are not for the faint of heart and starting by learning Grasshopper and the robot arm at the same time seems like quit…

Gerthie - I think you are mixing horses with Buicks. That means you seem to be confusing the function of creating/defining geometry with the process of physically creating geometry. Grasshopper/Rhino create geometry, meaning they define what the geometry is supposed to look like in the real world. …

Maybe @osuire is able to give you some pointers. I also know these people are using robot arms to directly print large objects and floors using grasshopper files: Aectual | 3D printed architecture & interiors Circular customizable products by and for architects, designers and designlo…

@Birk_Binnard I think you are also oversimplifying. What he wants to achieve is absolutely possible. Robot arms can be used for 3D printing. All you have to do is attach an extruder to the end of it. Grasshopper can not just create geometry. It can also directly generate Gcode, which is what a slic…

Thanks for showing that video Armin - that’s the first one like that I’ve seen. There’s no question that it’s possible to put an extruder and reel of filament on the end of a robotic arm, but I wonder why anyone would do that. In the video the 6 axis robot is printing a vase shape using the same ser…

Hello Binnard, Yes, it is possible to do 3D printing using robot arms. I am doing good so far. We are using an extruder: Meltio Engine (the robot tool) to print in 3D with ABB robot. We import the 3D model in Rhino, than program the robot in Grasshopper in order to obtain the GCODE that needs to b…

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