Anyone know where I can find an “SCAD” file of a PrintrBot Simple?
I can import an STL I have, but it’s a complete model. I’d like to be able to render any subset of the individual parts so I can make modifications.
@Jeff_Karpinski Thanks. Maybe I can convert the DXF files to use in OpenSCAD.
OpenSCAD can import DXFs as long as they only use lines, arcs and circles. Splines and the like will break it. I think all the printrbot stuff is designed in sketchup, so it’s unlikely to have those other features.
You should be able to use the sketchup files to break up the parts one at a time and import into openscad. Let me know if you need anything. It would be better to do the model in openscad, but it would take some work. Let me know if anyone does it and I’ll be sure to publish the files or at least link to them.
Peace,
Brook
The simple was designed in Illustrator, then finalized in Inventor. I then recreated the final version in sketchup thinking the community would benefit from a cheaper tool. I am community conscious so if an openscad version would be a benefit, I can ask some community members to contribute and make it happen. Inventor will always be our origination point, so future models will start there. Man, I wish there was a free tool to 3d model so more could benefit directly from the inventor version.
-brook
I use inkscape. It does use splines but you can turn off silliness. It can import the dxf remove splines, then export. I use it all the time for printing. OpenSCAD and inkscape are a match made in freeware heaven.
@Brook_Drumm Many free CAD tools already exist, and open source ones as well. But none would be compatible with Inventor files. Some of them can open STEP files though (not OpenSCAD). My preference goes toward open source software. I use @FreeCAD .