Oh wow, that,s freaking amazing.
If the Slicer works well, I wonder if/when we'll get a core r theta voron.
That could be my next printer.
Btw I assume this is patented to hell, but Voron wouldn't need to care right? As they don't intend to profit?
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The mad lad GNU V3'd and ~~fully open-sourced it~~
https://github.com/jyjblrd/4-Axis-Polar-3D-Printer
And his slicer here
Slicer is not FOSS. See issue 1.
Thank you for the correction! I only read untli gnuv3 but the second line of the license excludes sale
This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3, with the following exception:
The rights granted under this license do not include the right to Sell the software or any product derived substantially from them. For purposes of this exception, "Sell" is defined as providing the software or products for a fee or other consideration.
GNU is pretty common, I'm a fan of this for the hardware, I hope Voron latches on. However, I meant that the slicer repo has no license at all.
https://github.com/jyjblrd/Radial_Non_Planar_Slicer/issues/1
License was added 17h ago, but there's a typo in the file name.
Nice, I put that in the ticket. Once it's updated I'll edit my comments.
If the Slicer works well
I think this would be the biggest issue.
I had a bit of experience with 5 axis machining and the programming of it is far from trivial.
3 axis is really easy to automate, the paths are quite straightforward, especially for 3D printing when you go layers by layers.
As soon as you add a 4th axis nothing is straightforward anymore. You have a high probability of collision between the extruder and the workpiece and now instead of having a single mathematical solution on how to go from point A to point B you have multiples options and no "right" option, it all depends on how the machine is built and the shape of the part.
Yup. This is one area where machining and machine movement is still an art. It can be scienced but it's expensive to model a machine that well and CAM software still needs a lot of handholding beyond 3ax moves. That will eventually change, I expect someone will slap some 'AI' into CAM. I wonder, however, if it won't actually require something close to general AI for real world utility.
And if they put a license on it: https://github.com/jyjblrd/Radial_Non_Planar_Slicer/issues/1
Or, if someone comes up with an alternative.
Not necessarily the case, but I'm sure some slight mods would be all that's needed.
Edit: hardware is GNU https://github.com/jyjblrd/4-Axis-Polar-3D-Printer/blob/main/Licence
As for the software, please pile on to this issue: https://github.com/jyjblrd/Radial_Non_Planar_Slicer/issues/1
non planar slicing is back? (I've yet to watch the video)
2:54 for some bonkers footage
That is absolutely awesome!