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Stl part: Untapered cutting of Sliced Stl 


Stl part: Untapered cutting of Sliced Stl 

You can get this dialog box pressing the 'Cut as Untapered Slices'  link located in the 'Cut Sliced Stl Part'

You can use this if you just own a Cnc machine with 2 or 4 linear axes. If you press   'Cut as Untapered Slices'   button  the following dialog will appear:


Using untapered Slices will probably require more sanding than the Untapered feature, but preparing them is simplest and untapered parts are faster to cut.

Now we will explain in deep every single part of the dialog.

Left side: the parameters and commands

List of Sliced Parts:

You can see listed here all the Sliced part defined in the previous dialog.
For each item you can see the dz value (the thickness of the foam panel you'll use then) and the z height where the Slice is placed.
You can also switch off parts Unchecking them.
When you go then to export/cut them, you can also select all the Slices with the same thickness of the selected one just by pressing the 'Check all Parts with the same dz of the selected one' button.

Other parameters and buttons:

 

Middle side: the 2D preview

In the 2D preview you will see the geometry of the actual sliced element as a XY section.
You can navigate the sections by selecting a different item in the Sliced parts list, or just moving the vertical cursor placed at the left side of the 2D preview.

Pressing the 'Fit to screen' button you will maximize the drawing to the 2D preview window size.

Right side: the 3D preview

You can see here the 3D Preview of the Stl part (optional) and all the checked Sliced parts
The actual Sliced part will be rendered as Red.
If you have the STL part enabled and you see some part of it out of the Sliced part, you can  increase the Section interpolation type or Apply a larger Added Offset to Contours value.