New FeatureScript: Mold Guide Pins

william_knoblauch

Hi everyone,

I made a new featurescript to create pyramid and hemisphere guide pins for 3D printed molds. I based the functionality on the hole tool, where you just have to select points. Add points to the parting surface and then select them to add and subtract guide pins from each side.

Link: William's 3D Printing Utilities

Here's a little gif demonstrating how easy it is.

If you've got any questions or suggestions, they would be appreciated. I created this feature relatively quickly and didn't test it as thoroughly as I normally do. If you find any bugs, please let me know.

Also, if you couldn't tell by the name of the document, I plan on adding any other 3D printing utilities I come up with to this document. It shouldn't be as extensive as Julia's featurescripts, but I may add a few more things as needed. I've already added a 3D print dimensions script that scales prints in just the XY direction to correct inaccurate dimensions from my 3D printer. It can also offset faces that will be supported when printing to achieve better dimensional accuracy on these features.

Ste_Wilson

That's looking really good.

First question... Who's Julia and where are her feature scripts?!

william_knoblauch

Julia made a plethora of featurescripts early on when it was new. She created many scripts first, so everyone is still using them.

Julia's FeatureScripts

EvanReese

Cool! Thanks for sharing them. 3D printing DFM is an excellent FeatureScript use case.