In my last post I mentioned the redesign of Monkeyprint’s slicer code to fix some bugs, namely frequent crashes and high memory usage. The work is done now and it does not only fix the issues but also comes with some nice improvements!
Tag: image processing
DLP printer brightness distribution correction in Monkeyprint
Many DLP printer makers experience a brightness fall-off of their projected images towards the edges of the vat floor. This will lead to inhomogeneous curing of the resin and therefore failed prints. In this post, I will explain the reason for this effect and provide a simple solution using Monkeyprint.
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3d DLP slicer image handling
On the way to improve the performance of my Monkeyprint DLP printer software I recently rewrote the code that hollows the model and generates the fill patterns. I think my method is pretty neat, so I thought I’d share it here. If you like an image processing approach to model hollowing, continue reading!