Slic3r STL Input
STL Sliced Import (by Slic3r). Supports OBJ/OFF/PLY/STL as input file formats. It requires OpenMesh:
Prepare to install openmesh
To run this extension you need to install OpenMesh bindings with python pip. When installing Paperfold by installing MighyScape, this will already be done for you on Linux systems. Else:
Ubuntu
sudo apt install cmake
sudo apt install g++
sudo apt install python3-dev
pip3 install openmesh
Fedora
sudo dnf install cmake
sudo dnf install g++
sudo dnf install python3-devel
pip3 install cmake
pip3 install pybind11
pip3 install openmesh
How it works
- projects an STL file on the X-Y plane by cutting the objects into "slices"
- each "slice" is a group of polygons, with a label indicating its z position
- the polygons are converted to paths for better editing in inkscape
- use Object → Rows & Columns → distribute the slices in a grid
Warning: Requires Slicer 1.3.1-dev (the really latest build possible)