Netfabb Studio Professional Download Basic
Arnau Cyr
netfabb Studio is a software tailored for additive fabrication, rapid prototyping and 3D printing. It includes the ability of viewing, editing, repairing and analyzing stl-files or slice-based files in various formats. netfabb Studio is available to anybody, it is free just like in free beer. netfabb Studio is not just a viewer, it provides true file edit, repair and analysis capability to everyone associated with additive fabrication industry or aspiring to be part of this fantastic, growing, creative, high-tech industry called Additive Fabrication, Rapid Prototyping or 3D Printing. All the features in the basic version, which may be used free of charge for any purpose you have, include
Note In the final version with the BfB extensions there will be a view of the object as if it is on the rapman bed and of course you will be able to process the stl file to create g-code ( see the video clips on netfabbs website) _basic.php
15 15 In the top half of the context area, all parts and slices are listed in the project tree. The project tree can be used to get an overview over the project, organize files and to perform certain functions. Most of the netfabb window however is occupied by the viewing screen, which visualizes the project and includes viewing options, positioning functions and a few basic handling options. For the control of the program, functions can be found in context menus, tabsheets, the toolbar and the menu bar. Many of those functions can also be performed with shortkeys on your keyboard. Figure 2.1: An overview of the netfabb interface Menu bar Tool bar Viewing screen Platform Project tree Context area Coordinate system Tabsheet Current mode
58 58 Figure 5.3: Left: If you right-click on empty space in the screen, the context menu offers general options for your selection. Right: The inverted selection of figure 5.2. Additionally, as a shortkey, you can press Ctrl+A to select all part in the project tree. If two or more parts are selected, the information in the tabsheet is then based on all selected parts. Many, though not all, handling operations are conducted with all selected parts. 5.3 Standard models- the part library (partially in netfabb Private/Pro only) Standard models are simple three-dimensional objects that are can be created with a few clicks in netfabb. After clicking on the Part library icon in the toolbar or choosing the respective option in the Edit menu, the user can choose from a list of simple three-dimensional objects that can be selected with a double-click and inserted into the project (Figure 5.4). Although their basic geometry is already given, there are many parameters that can be specified in detail by the user.
109 109 Figure 7.13: Add triangles: First, a blue marking of the first selected edge. Second, a projection of the new triangles. Third, the resulting triangles. Add nodes: In effect, this mode enables the user to refine the triangle mesh manually by inserting new corner points. A corner point can be inserted by a mouse click on a triangle. New edges are inserted, connecting this point with the three corner points of the old triangle. So, one triangle is split into three (Figure 7.12). If a node is placed on an edge, both adjacent triangles are split into two triangles. As long as the left mouse button is held down, the node is not placed and can be moved across the surface to the favored position. At the same time, you can see a bright blue preview of the new triangles. The shape of the part does not change, though the nodes can play a vital role during further repair operations. Figure 7.14: A node is added in the middle of a triangle. Move nodes: netfabb is basically a software for file preparation, not for constructing. Holes and other errors therefore are repaired in the simplest way: A hole is usually closed by a plane, a curve won t be adapted. This can cause troubles, especially
167 167 Figure 10.5: The dialog box for changing the automatic renaming for "Shells to parts" Change Colors The color can be changed in netfabb for parts, slices and many other objects and all kinds of visualizations. They are always changed in a dialog box, which provides every shade of every color of the whole spectrum. For parts and slices, the color can be changed via the context menu or the menu bar. Other colorations are changed via dialog boxes or in the settings. In the dialog box for changing the color you have several options (Figure 10.6): Firstly, you can click on a basic color. These are part of the installation of the software. Secondly, you can click anywhere on the spectrum to the right and the respective color is chosen. Then, you can alter the brightness in a bar to the right. That way, any color can be created. If the brightness is at the top or bottom of the bar, the color will always be white or black. Below the spectrum, in the field Color Solid, the color you have chosen is displayed. Next to that field, values of the hue, the saturation, the lumination and the intensity of red, green and blue are specified. The values are adjusted automatically when you change the color, but you can also change the color here by manually entering new values. The change of color is confirmed, when you click "OK".
Next we export it to STL.
1. select each piece individually in object mode (head, body, arm1, arm2)
a. Okay! So I remembered how to split up the arms. I entered edit mode deleted one exported the arm and then undo
then I deleted other one and then exported it!
2. export into a folder for the collection for easy finding.
Next to clean up the model(s) in netfabb studio basic (free)
1. Open netfabb (studio basic)
2. Click file open then find your first body part.
3. click the red plus on the right side of the toolbar.
4. click automatic repair and simple default repair. Once it has generated make sure it says,
shells 1 and the whole right column 0
5. Now click apply and delete original part. Then re export it as an Stl. under (part- export-stl)
6.Repeat for all pieces.
Releases 3DprintFIT/netfabb-basic-download GitHub - Netfabb used to have a free version but Autodesk (like all companies) has gotten greedy and took it away in favor of fusion360 (which is getting harder and harder to use for free it seems too). The manual can be downloaded from here - netfabb_basic7_manual_en.pdf - Google Drive