Draw your face, or something else.
A python program that will convert an image to a G-code file that you can run on a 3D printer. By attaching a marker or other drawing utensil your 3d printer head you can draw an image.
Running G-code that you do not understand has the potential to crash your machine. Please make sure you properly understand what this code does before running it. Also please know how 3D printers work before running this code.
The intention of this program is to allow you to draw your face, or anything else, with a 3D printer or similar hardware. Simply strap a pen or marker to your machine tool head and a piece of paper to your print surface and run the generated g-code file.
On the software side this project relies heavily on OpenCV for image processing as well as a bit of slicer code to generate a G-code file. Eventually, there will be multiple different types of slicers for different types of images, but now there is just Raster.
Raster will divide your image into different squares and determine if each square needs to be colored in based on the number of black pixels in it.
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Processed:
Final Result:
Right now the raster function works! Create your own raster of an image by following the instructions below! Let me know if you find any bugs or issues! And feel free to submit a pull request!
Right now just Rastering works, do the following:
- Open create_raster_gcode.py
- Edit the necessary settings found within the file a. Uncomment to take a picture b. Change the filename c. Change bed size d. Change feedrate e. (Optional) Change z_hop f. (Optional) Change z_tune
- Execute the program
- Look in the GCode folder for your .gcode file with the name filename
- Python version 3.x
- python-opencv --
pip install opencv-python - Some other default python modules
- Open
create_raster_gcode.py - Change the
filenamefield to your preferred filename - Change the printer configuration fields to your printer
Right now this program will only support the RepRap firmware flavor. However, that list will grow soon.
- Use NCViewer to visualize your generated G-code file!