[Info-vax] Re 3D Printers (was Re: Nice printers for OpenVMS?)

[JohnF]

VAXman- wrote:
> Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
>> JohnF said:
>>
>>> Wonder if it could do a klein bottle, or other such stuff.
>>
>>With some of the 3D printers units available, yes.  That wouldn't even 
>>be that difficult.   There are a half-dozen or so videos posted around 
>>the 'net, showing printers performing this exact task.  Folks are also 
>>printing functional sequences of wacky and very 3D-warped gears, 
>>architectural models of buildings (where you can remove the roofing or 
>>a wall to look inside, too), and complete models of pre-production 
>>sneakers.
> 
> It can't make a "true" Klein bottle. ;)

That's what I thought, based on that avillage.web.virginia.edu/rpc/FDM.pdf
document. The prerequisite decomposition of the 3d object into 2d slices
wouldn't seem to work right for a klein-bottle-like-shape.
But I could (easily) be wrong.
-- 
John Forkosh  ( mailto:  j at f.com  where j=john and f=forkosh )