X-Slicer Blender Addon - User Guide

This addon is located in Github (https://github.com/aenckli/x_slicer).

After installed the addon, the X-Slicer Panel can be seen when an object is selected.

There are 3 sections: Material Dimensions, Slice Settings and Export Settings.

Material Dimensions: the size and thickness of material used for slicing.
Slice Settings: This is settings for slicing the object
Export Settings: This controls the exported SVG file

Material Dimensions and Export Settings are same as Ryan's laser slicer addon. When export file field has input, the "Slice the object" button is activated for slicing.

Slice Settings:

Slicing is along one of the 3 axis, X, Y and Z, and slicing can be in one direction or both directions from the axis.

No. of Planes - 1 or 2 planes to slice, when 2 is selected
Axis - Slicing along the axis X, Y or Z
No. of sides - slicing 1 or 2 directions from the axis
Center cut - if 2 direction is selected, the first slice is on the axis
1st cut - if not Center Cut, the 1st slice is located "1st cut" away from edge for 1 direction and from axis for 2 directions

Spacing - the space between successive slices

After slicing is completed, 2 collections are created for each direction, one for the slice mesh and the other is the slice curve for mesh creation.

 

Also, the slices are exported to SVG file in the export settings.

X-Slicer Addon for Blender - 1st beta release

This addon is located in Github (https://github.com/aenckli/x_slicer).

Few months ago, I started to learn Blender. Found that cardboard terrain model is possible from blender model by Ryan's laser slicer addon (https://blendscript.blogspot.com/2019/01/blender-28-laser-slicer.html). It becomes more interesting to explore the capability of Blender and addons.

Further thought about interlocked cardboard models in internet, I found that there are Fusion 360 and Sketchup addon for automatic creation. I think that it is great if Blender also has such function.

Inspired by Ryan's work, I started to learn Python and Blender script. Fortunately, Python's learning curve is not steep. I can pickup basics through past amateur coding experience. Extended Ryan's work, I created another addon to create interlocked slices. This seems also interesting to some other people.

This is my first python code, first Blender addon, and first Github project. Leave me feedback if found any issue.