Dr. Jeng -
I will contact you privately to help you create slice files with
multiple slice thicknesses that you can use with the ModelMaker.
Irene Quinlan
Principal Software Engineer
Sanders Prototype, Inc.
jeng wrote:
>
> We had developed an adaptive slicing method using the finest layer stacking.
> The STL model was sliced with the minimum slice thickness 0.0005in using
> ModelWork. Then, a program was developed to analyze the profile variation
> from the BIN file. If the profile variation of the adjacent layers is within
> the acceptable tolerance, these two adjacent layers are stacked as a single
> layer. This examination procedure continues until the profile variation is
> out of the acceptable tolerance. Of course, there may are two, three, or
> four, or even ten layers are stacked as a single layer. If ten layers are
> stacked together, the processing parameters of this 10 stacked layer is the
> same as the single layer at 0.005in. The HPGL printing paths of the other 9
> layers are removed from the original Bin file. Hence, the determination of
> the adaptive slicing layer thickness can be automated and optimized.
> However, the processing parameters is still manually determined by the
> operator in the variable layer thickness configuration because of interface
> problem.
>
> Dr. Jeng-Ywan Jeng
> Department of Mechanical Engineering
> National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
> Tel: 886-2-27376466
> Fax: 886-2-27376460
> Email: jeng@mail.ntust.edu.tw
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