Dear all,
Any idea on how I could create the flat bottom lid (first layer) on the following design ?
I would like it to be a spiral (image below).The aim is to 3D print it.
Thank you in advance,
Tim
test_plate_2.gh (16.9 KB)
Here’s how I’d do it for regular 3D printing.
If you are doing clay printing and want to show the spiral shape this method won’t work. In that case you need a way make a single spiral curve that has the shape of the bowl (vertical radius controlled by the GraphMapper output) rather than a straight-line increase that results in a cone shape.
test_plate_2-bb1.gh (31.7 KB)
Hello @Birk_Binnard
It looks very good. However, it is not a single path anymore and I’d like to export the gcode directly from grasshopper. How can I do ?
Thank you !
Grasshopper doesn’t do that. Bake the GH geometry and then export it from Rhino as an STL file. Then you need to use a slicer program to input the STL file and output the GCode required to print it. PrusaSlicer is a good one to start with. There is a more fancy version called SuperSlicer that I use, but it has so many variables it will probably scare you.
Hey Leblond,
I looked at what you wanted to do, I also print directly from within grasshopper by XYZ values and constructing my own G_code so it surely is possible. I looked at your grasshopper file and did some what the same for the top section of the bowl as you already did. Was this what you were looking for?
test_plate_3.gh (17.7 KB)
Wow ! It is exactly what I wanted!!! Thank you so much @Martijn.w 
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No problem 