Script for output of model slices for DLP 3D printer

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Hello all!

I was wondering if there is a script out there somewhere in internet land that will serve us.
Or could be modified to do the following:

  1. There is a model in Blender
  2. We tell the system what the Blender units represent (MM, CM, Inches etc…)
  3. We define the vector we want the slices to happen (example, along the X axis, or y axis…etc…)
  4. We define how think the slices should be (0.5mm, 0.05 cm etc…)

The script then outputs a series of slices of the model.
Black areas are where the model walls are, white is empty space.

Ideally outputs the slices as ordered PNG or BMP images.

Please note, we only need the images. The interaction and feeding of those images to a 3D printer will be handled later on in another process we are creating.

Mark

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You can do this without a script.
Animate the camera clip start/end values to render slices through your object. Give you model a shadeless black material and render onto a white background