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Trying to cut a model before printing (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
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I'm trying to do something that feels like it should be simple, but I'm struggling to find a way. I have an stl file that has spots for two items and I wanted to reconfigure it to only have one spot. I just want to cut and merge but this seems impossible. Any suggestion on tool and how to do this?

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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

If you just want a straight cut I'd think your slicer would be able to do that. Prusaslicer can, at least.

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    • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Tinkercad. Paste it in twice. Edit away half of each, stick together.

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    • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    MeshMixer is the program I use for a lot of mesh editing. It has a nice set of features, but feature development was ended in 2021, so there may be more modern options available.

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    [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Try blender. YouTube tutorial.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    I've tried Blender and continue to try to learn but it has an insane learning curve. Imo, it's only useful for artistic work.

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    • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    What software are you using? Do you have any experience using any CAD-program?

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