Materializer is an interactive drawing system for 3D printing with direct user input. Its drawing interface allows users to sketch freely on 2D surfaces that stack on top of each other and create a 2.5D canvas. This software collects brush stroke information, and sends them to the Python back-end to communicate with Ender 3 Pro.
Originally intended to work on iPad using Duet Display but currently it is tuned for keyboard and mouse input.
The program starts with an empty canvas representing 3D printer bed. Mouse drag will rotate the view
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
space |
Toggles between the "drawing mode" and "viewing mode" |
shift + mwheel |
Moves the active layer height up and down |
lclick |
(drawing mode) Draw on active layer |
shift + lclick |
(viewing mode) Selects strokes |
t |
Top view |
c or backslash |
Clear selected strokes |
i |
Interpolates many strokes between two selected strokes to form a surface |
s |
Stop print task |
cp5.b | move_up/down |
Changes the active layer |
cp5.t | tweencount |
Number of strokes to be generated when interpolating. -1 forms a surface, any other number will generate loose components. |
cp5.b | stroke |
Print on finishing the stroke. While this mode is on, your strokes will be sent to printer on finishing them. |
cp5.b | selected |
Print only selected strokes using the PRINT button |
cp5.b | print |
Print selected strokes |
- Align with the previous layer
- Infill
- Translate/Rotate strokes (3D printing)
- Nozzle collusion calculation (3D printing)
- Print scheduler
- Select multiple strokes
Dependencies (in libraries folder):
- oscP5
- PeasyCam
- ControlP5
Tested on Windows 10 with Processing 3.5.3