There are times you’ll want to take a small 3D design and scale it up super big.
One of the easiest ways to scale up these digital designs is to break it down into a series of horizontal slices, with the thickness of each slice defined by the material you’re working with.
One of the fastest ways I’ve found to try out this technique is a free online tool called Kiri:Moto. You can find it at grid.space/kiri.
With it, you can load in an STL file, use the scale tool to scale it up. Define the thickness of the material you’re working with in mm. And then use the Slice function for a preview of your sliced object.
Once you have something you’re happy with, you can export the cut pattern as an SVG you can use on a laser cutter, CNC router, or even print on a large format plotter and stencil onto your material.
For more project tips like this, check out Maker Update each week on the Digi-Key Youtube channel.
One of the easiest ways to scale up these digital designs is to break it down into a series of horizontal slices, with the thickness of each slice defined by the material you’re working with.
One of the fastest ways I’ve found to try out this technique is a free online tool called Kiri:Moto. You can find it at grid.space/kiri.
With it, you can load in an STL file, use the scale tool to scale it up. Define the thickness of the material you’re working with in mm. And then use the Slice function for a preview of your sliced object.
Once you have something you’re happy with, you can export the cut pattern as an SVG you can use on a laser cutter, CNC router, or even print on a large format plotter and stencil onto your material.
For more project tips like this, check out Maker Update each week on the Digi-Key Youtube channel.
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