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Old 1st November 2011, 06:34 AM   #1
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Hi Guys,
i would like to pop up this horse, just to give a couple of millimeters thickness.
I dunno what should be the best ways to do it, any suggestions?

This is the graph:


Here is how i started:


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Old 1st November 2011, 08:30 AM   #2
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extrude edges along Y axis by a few mm?

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Old 1st November 2011, 01:08 PM   #3
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uhmmm...i need i regular surface on top of the model because i would like to 3d print it.
The final result should be something like this:

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Old 1st November 2011, 02:51 PM   #4
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you could simply extrude the outline only. the faces can be set to the same height to produce a perfectly flat surface. would this still upset the 3d printer?

like this:
I leave it to you to cut out the white areas

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Old 1st November 2011, 03:07 PM   #5
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LOL!
Really thx a lot Peter!
I'll see if there is issues with the 3D printer.
Could you explain the steps to get this?
Again, thx a lot

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I only cheated a tiny bit to get the image traced into an outline. (Adobe Illustrator does this)
You could of course draw the path in AC3D which takes probably an hour compared to a minute in AI. Once I had the outline shape I made sure it actually is a closed path and extruded along the -Y axis with 'cap end' & 'flip new surfaces' selected.

I assume the 3D printer would not care if the top face is triangulated, quads or not.
As long as the faces are perfectly flat that is...
You'll end up with tri's if you cut out those white areas within the overall shape.

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Old 1st November 2011, 04:02 PM   #7
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Peter, vielen vielen dank
You have a nice toolbar in the AC3D window, is this a plugin?
Is this one?
http://www.inivis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3688

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I'm using AC3D for x-plane development. The x-plane plugin has tons of menu items I use all the time which can't be accessed via a shortcut or UI button.
There are still a few missing but here's a screenshot which shows a few more than the post above.

There's a toolbar editor for Windows which allows customizing the toolbar. I used it on OS-X using Crossover (see last post in that thread).

Meanwhile I write the few lines in a text editor whenever I add something to the toolbar.
If you use the x-plane plugin and want to try them out I can send you the toolbar script.

I'm not sure if it would fit any screen size nicely but @ 1920px it works great.
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Old 4th November 2011, 04:04 PM   #9
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Hi Peter,
here is the partial result that I'm working on.
A customized pair of cufflinks...
Thanks for your help, when UI'll send them to 3D printer I'll post a picture of them.

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Very nice. Looking forward to seeing your 3D print!
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