tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post1008191516813171600..comments2023-12-09T03:51:33.158-05:00Comments on Various Consequences: 3D Printed Isogrid and Octet TrussJoshua Stultshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post-42461550472954093942014-08-01T18:54:58.817-04:002014-08-01T18:54:58.817-04:00Sure, I haven't used Blender for this sort of ...Sure, I haven't used Blender for this sort of thing in a while, but I'll see if I can dig them up. <br /><br />I found that BRLCAD can create manifold meshes with lots of Boolean ops more reliably than Blender (example scripts linked from <a href="http://www.variousconsequences.com/2012/12/octet-truss-for-topology-optimization.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>). There may be a smarter way to use Blender, but I haven't had the time to figure it out. Joshua Stultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post-27259000468914459082014-07-31T22:10:17.746-04:002014-07-31T22:10:17.746-04:00Hey anyway i could get the blender file for the oc...Hey anyway i could get the blender file for the octet truss you made?Creativeautomatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627904752383686650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post-82829598283691121012012-07-14T11:34:31.065-04:002012-07-14T11:34:31.065-04:00The Pointwise blog has an interesting article on a...The Pointwise blog has an interesting article on a plugin that they are working on for <a href="http://blog.pointwise.com/2012/03/12/printing-grids-in-3d/" rel="nofollow">3D printing grids</a>.<br /><br />Very similar to the way I generated the solids for the octet truss; union a bunch of cylinders. I ran into the same problems they had with Blender not giving me nice manifold meshes at the intersections of the cylinders.Joshua Stultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.com