Exporting support structures and model from manufacturing

Exporting support structures and model from manufacturing

mad.macs
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Exporting support structures and model from manufacturing

mad.macs
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I have an odd Peopoly Moai SLA printer that isn't one of the printers included in Manufacture. It does use Gcode (although requires some post processing from Cura) If someone knows how to set it up so I can create the Gcode directly, great.

Otherwise what I will need to do is generate the support structure, then export as .STL and import into Cura.

I haven't found a way to export the results of a manufacture environment, but it sure would be nice to have that ability.

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markus.fruehauf
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Hi. You can try Actions->3MF Scene Export, this will include support structures and can be opened by Cura.

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mad.macs
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Thanks, here's what I see when I try that.

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nicole.debowski
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Hi mad.macs,

the 3mf export is only available if you have bought the Additive Extension. Even if you were able to export the 3mf file with supports, there's no guarantee Cura would handle them as you would expect (i.e. it's not using the support bounds for Fusion bar supports, instead using their shadow to generate volume like supports; and that is after splitting the group and manually declaring supports as such).
The toolpath generation for Formlabs printers happens in their own software, whereas the other SLA printers in Fusion are MSLA printers and thus image based, not GCode.

That being said, you might get away with using a generic FFF printer, adjusting its print bed sizes and changing the post processing file (.cps) such that the generated toolpath is translated correctly to the GCode flavor your printer is using (such that extruder settings are ignored and instead translated to laser settings).
You also mentioned post processing steps in Cura, could you please elaborate?

Hope this helps, please reach out if you encounter any further roadblocks.

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