<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> 2013-06-16T18:45:52Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/2781/ai-illustrator-file-to-extruded-stl-file/ <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> this seems correct but still some little conversion problem. the curves are cut and seamless.
I am doing calibration now to identify where the main pb comes from.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/984/ 2013-06-16T18:45:52Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26567/#p26567 <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> I am working on it :
1/ ai export in svg (dxf is not well interpreted by freecad and others)
2/ open in freecad convert and save as STL
3/ open in blender and extrude form save as stl
4/ open in replicator to zoom put on bed...
5/ slice and print.
this flow gave me better result in gcode conversion.

I am at step 5

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/984/ 2013-06-13T09:17:24Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26203/#p26203 <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> how did it work for you?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1906/ 2013-06-13T00:39:46Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26143/#p26143 <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> Then skip the blender step for now. there are freecad programs that will work fine for that.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1906/ 2013-06-12T20:14:13Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26120/#p26120 <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> cs6 ;-) and I found format of export in export not save as (where is other format) M. Adobe why put format in separate places ;-)

not found in blender

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/984/ 2013-06-12T19:52:00Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26119/#p26119 <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> Is it available in the save as?http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/supported-file-formats-illustrator.html do you have an older version?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1906/ 2013-06-12T19:47:37Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26118/#p26118 <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> no dxf format in Ai export or in blender

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/984/ 2013-06-12T19:38:22Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26116/#p26116 <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> Yes it will. Openscad

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1906/ 2013-06-12T19:30:45Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26115/#p26115 <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> Thankyou

scad ? it work on Mac ?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/984/ 2013-06-12T19:25:52Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26114/#p26114 <![CDATA[Re: .AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> Export to dxf and the open in blender or whatever and center it to the origin. Then save as dxf and open in open scad.

Open scad

linear_extrude(file="/file path/filename.dxf", layer=layer 1,height=10);

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1906/ 2013-06-12T19:02:59Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26113/#p26113 <![CDATA[.AI illustrator file to extruded STL file]]> Hi,
I have a some adobe illustrator file and I would like to create a 3D model based on it.
I have done
- export in SVG file
-  then use blender to convert to mesh
- then export in collada format
- do the extrude in sketch-up
- ...
I even clean the resulted stl file in meshlab service, but slicing doesn't work

there is so much step and the blender conversion is not accurate.
I get too much polygones for my model.

If somebody has an easy way to retrieve my AI model (black and white simple) and then extrude it and save as a correct stl.

Thank you in advance

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/984/ 2013-06-12T18:00:05Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/26108/#p26108