A huge chunk of my job is in spotlight so Vectorworks for 3D printed prototyping/fabrication makes sense, there's just a few things that are an added step that would be nice to add. Maybe I just haven't found the way to do these.
1. Export > Export STL - It would be nice to have an 'export currently selected as separate STLs'. Currently, my options are export multiple times or break it apart in the slicer which isn't really ideal, I'd rather just have a full folder of STLs to do with what I want.
2. Waterproofing (Non-manifold edges) - Vectorworks exports some of the most broken STLs known to man. It would be nice to add this in vectorworks in the export window. I don't want it to adjust any of the geometry in the file since that could lead to unpredictable results. Currently, I'm fixing this by importing and then exporting it again through Blender's 3D Print toolbox. https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/addons/mesh/3d_print_toolbox.html Bambu/Orca/Prusa have fixing this built into their windows version but not their MacOS versions.
3. Clip cube slice through mode - it would be nice to be able to easily use sliders with the clip cube to easily scroll through sections of a model similar to how you can scroll through the layers in a slicer. I don't believe there's a good way to just outright drag the whole clip cube in the Z direction or set it to a specific dimension/location. Even trying to snap to 3D geometric isn't even possible?
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A huge chunk of my job is in spotlight so Vectorworks for 3D printed prototyping/fabrication makes sense, there's just a few things that are an added step that would be nice to add. Maybe I just haven't found the way to do these.
1. Export > Export STL - It would be nice to have an 'export currently selected as separate STLs'. Currently, my options are export multiple times or break it apart in the slicer which isn't really ideal, I'd rather just have a full folder of STLs to do with what I want.
2. Waterproofing (Non-manifold edges) - Vectorworks exports some of the most broken STLs known to man. It would be nice to add this in vectorworks in the export window. I don't want it to adjust any of the geometry in the file since that could lead to unpredictable results. Currently, I'm fixing this by importing and then exporting it again through Blender's 3D Print toolbox. https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/addons/mesh/3d_print_toolbox.html Bambu/Orca/Prusa have fixing this built into their windows version but not their MacOS versions.
3. Clip cube slice through mode - it would be nice to be able to easily use sliders with the clip cube to easily scroll through sections of a model similar to how you can scroll through the layers in a slicer. I don't believe there's a good way to just outright drag the whole clip cube in the Z direction or set it to a specific dimension/location. Even trying to snap to 3D geometric isn't even possible?
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