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fcollingwood

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Registered: 2017-07-11

Posts: 37

Applying a mask

Hi

I'm using Nanoslicer on a Mac to slice as the Raspberry Pi just can't handle it.

Am I correct in believing that the mask will have no effect on the generated plates when I add them to nanoDLP on the RPi?

Also, my source files are STLs - If I upload these directly, am I correct in believing that the mask will have no effect when slicing?

Shahin

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Registered: 2016-02-17

Posts: 3,541

Re: Applying a mask

Both should apply mask to source file. Except when you specify not to apply them for individual source file.

fcollingwood

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Registered: 2017-07-11

Posts: 37

Re: Applying a mask

Cool, thanks. Is there any way of projecting just the mask to ensure that it's close to what is required?

fcollingwood

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Registered: 2017-07-11

Posts: 37

Re: Applying a mask

Ah!

If submitting an STL DIRECT to nanoDLP, it creates the sliced images with the mask applied.

If submitting a zip file from nonoslicer to nanoDLP, it DOES NOT apply the mask to the sliced images.

Shahin, is there anything in the pipeline to fix this? I find slicing on the RPi to be a gigantic pain. I really like using nanoslicer on the Mac, as I have written a perl script that will take all of the STLs in a directory and produce three output files each sliced in the three main Z resolutions I use (Very handy!)

Stevehoo

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Registered: 2017-07-24

Posts: 9

Re: Applying a mask

You could photoshop the mask and the slices together. create an action or some of the many ways photoshop can be programmed.