How to get 3d print from lines of paneling grid?

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Hi everyone,

I try to go from grid lines to a 3d printable object. What is the best way to do this?

I am building an object that is going to be 3d printed. Basically I build a grid around a surface, take the wires of the grid and put a pipe around them (with a round cap) When I bake this and export as .stl I get an enormous file that is not printable.

See screenshot

What is the way to go, to get a good stl file from the lines of a paneling grid?

keywords: 3d printing, panelingtool, grasshopper, stl,

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You could use the Exoskeleton component by Daniel Piker and Dave Stasiuk. It will generate one solid mesh from a network of curves, should do the trick I suspect.

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Thanks a lot, it works great.
Super

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Brilliant, be sure to post the results :wink:

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Here, work in progress:

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