Revision as of 22:51, 25 May 2013

Start with a Sketchup file. Start the print of tubing in a vertical position - with the base in the xy axis. You can draw in any position, but at end, group it and rotate it to stand vertically.
Install plugin to sketchup. For Linux, see how to install plugins under Wine - simply place the plugin in the correct directory. For Windows, use skp_to_dxf.rbz. See Sketchup page on wiki - see links there. In Windows, do Preferences-Exension-Install Extension (choose location of extension). With it installed, go to Tools-Export and choose STL as the export format. Do not change the filename, as it will not recognize the file format later.
With the STL export - do W

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 #Start with a Sketchup file. Start the print of tubing in a vertical position - with the base in the xy axis. You can draw in any position, but at end, group it and rotate it to stand vertically.
-#Install plugin to sketchup. For Linux, see how to install plugins under Wine - simply place the plugin in the correct directory. For Windows, use skp_to_dxf.rbz. See [[Sketchup]] page on wiki - see links there. In Windows, do Preferences-Exension-Install Extension (choose location of extension). With it installed, go to Tools-Export and choose STL as the export format.
+#Install plugin to sketchup. For Linux, see how to install plugins under Wine - simply place the plugin in the correct directory. For Windows, use skp_to_dxf.rbz. See [[Sketchup]] page on wiki - see links there. In Windows, do Preferences-Exension-Install Extension (choose location of extension). With it installed, go to Tools-Export and choose STL as the export format. Do not change the filename, as it will not recognize the file format later.
 #With the STL export - do W
 =Tractor 3D Printing Files=
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