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A 3D printer uses nylon, PLA, etc to make a physical object.
UMBC has a 3D printer, and I have a Dremel 3D45.
The example below was a developement to get a specific object.
The source code shape7.java, I developed in stages as
shown in graphics below.
Other prior shapes 1 thru 6 were made earlier.
The java source code mentioned below can be obtained on linux.gl by:
cp /afs/umbc.edu/users/s/q/squire/pub/download/shape7.java .
and many other files.
shape7.java after development
shape7_java.out output
finally, complete 3D object
shape7.dat output of shape7.java
shape7.stl used to make 3D object
Dremel software converted .stl to .gcode to run 3D printer
In order to develop 3D I had to create many tools, listed below:
I use a Makefile on Linux, a .bat file on Windows 10.
javac datread.java
javac datwrite.java
javac light_dat.java
javac dat_to_stl.java
javac shape7.java
java shape7 > shape7_java.out
java light_dat shape7.dat
java dat_to_stl shape7.dat shape7.stl
java light_stl shape7.stl
datread.java source code
datwrite.java source code
light_dat.py3
light_stl.py3
Available for download.
tree leaf example
shape8.java source code
shape8_java.out output
shape8.dat 3D
shape8.stl 3D object
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Many web sites on Java GUI, AWT, Swing, etc.
Many web sites on Python wx, tk, qt, etc.