GraphiTech's 3D printing solution takes a mesh through to a build that is ready for the machine: repair the geometry, orient the part, nest the plate, add supports, and slice.
The work is done in Party!. Parameters stay with the machine and the material, so a job can move between printers without being set up again from scratch. Nestor nests parts in the build volume, including parts that sit in the cavities of larger ones.
- Import and repair. Batches of mesh files are read, and cracks and holes are closed.
- Orient. Angles are chosen for throughput, build time, or a process rule such as dental copings opening upward.
- Nest and tag. Parts are placed by their true footprint, and each part can carry a label.
- Supports. Solid, strut, scaffold, and tree supports are generated for the material and the process.
- Slice. The plate is written as EOS SLI, SLC, CLI, or PNG, with a picture of the plate and a parts list of volumes and weights.
Party! runs on its own, or inside another manufacturing system through an SDK. Contact GraphiTech at shai@graphitech.net.