Contour-Studio
Design a pattern around an outline and export it to CAD or a 3D printer.
Choose a base shape (circle, ellipse, rounded rectangle, or your own shape from a DXF or STL) and lay a repeating pattern around it: square, triangle, trapezoid, half circle or sine, inward or outward. Contour-Studio spaces the pattern so that it fits exactly.
The outline can also be raised into a vase, with twist, bulge and a narrower or wider top, solid or hollow. Everything can be exported for further work in CAD programs such as Rhinoceros, or for a 3D printer.
What does it do?
- Patterns with fillets, inward or outward
- Size as outer or inner dimension, with warnings for sizes that are too small
- Import the base shape from DXF or as a cross-section of an STL model
- Vase: height, twist, top scale, bulge; solid or hollow with minimum wall thickness
- 3D preview (F3)
- Export: DXF R12, STEP (curves or solid) and STL; tested with Rhinoceros 2.0, and STL and STEP solid also with Flashforge Flash Studio Desktop
- Save and open projects (.omt)
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Installation
The language you choose during installation is also the language of the program.
Windows
- Download the setup and run it.
- Does Windows say "Unknown publisher"? Click More info and then Run anyway.
- Choose the language and follow the steps. To remove it later: Windows Settings > Apps.
Linux
- Download the package and extract it (right-click > Extract here).
- Open a terminal in the extracted folder and type
bash install.sh. - The program appears in the menu. To remove:
bash ~/.local/opt/TheySoft/contour-studio/uninstall.sh