V8tiger Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 I've finally gotten to the point where I'm printing parts pretty consistently from files I download from the internet... Here's my question.... I successfully scanned a few parts with Polycam.in the photo taking scan mode. I new print these. What do I have to do, what's the next step? I foolishly tried importing the scans in my Lychee slicer... WRONG!... I know there's another step.. What do I need to do before I can import these into Lychee??? What am I missing? Thank you in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMcc Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Seems to me that you need to export the scanned file in a compatible format that is accepted by the lychee slicer. I draw solid models in Freecad which uses its own file extension (.FCStd), before I can import the file in my Photon slicer, I have to convert the file into an .stl file, which can then be imported into the slicer. Not familiar with a Polycam scanner or the Lychee slicing software, but it sure sounds like a file compatibility problem. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8tiger Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 4 hours ago, KMcc said: Seems to me that you need to export the scanned file in a compatible format that is accepted by the lychee slicer. I draw solid models in Freecad which uses its own file extension (.FCStd), before I can import the file in my Photon slicer, I have to convert the file into an .stl file, which can then be imported into the slicer. Not familiar with a Polycam scanner or the Lychee slicing software, but it sure sounds like a file compatibility problem. Hope this helps. Thank you for your reply. You are correct. On second thought maybe getting id touch with Polycam would be more prudent. That's where I should start. Thanks again.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMcc Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 I think I may have misunderstood what you were asking. In Freecad, when I'm ready for printing, up in the top left hand corner, I click on 'file' and when the options cascade down, I click on 'export', and what cascades down is a plethora of options showing file extensions to convert your present screen file to. I always click on '.stl' because that is what my photon slicer uses. Again, I'm not familiar with Polycam, but there should be a similar way to convert that file inside the software. Once again, I hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Check this out. I saw it a while back when I was contemplating buying a scanner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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