Hello everyone,
I have a 3D printer that I use a lot to print parts from different people. Before printing, I generally view the parts in FreeCAD software. Sometimes, the part dimensions are such that the 3D printer won't print them (or it would be difficult for it to print). Is there a way I can see a color coded image in FreeCAD for object thickness?
To get an idea of what I am talking about, please look at the image in the following link:
https://www.sculpteo.com/blog/wp-conten ... kening.jpg
The green areas are relatively thicker regions whereas red areas indicate think regions.
view color coded thickness in FreeCAD
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umardastgir
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Re: view color coded thickness in FreeCAD
IMHO FreeCAD isn't the best software to work with meshes. It is more focused on solid modeling despite it has some good mesh processing tools. 
Oppositely, Blender (which is focused on mesh design) has 2 excellent toolboxes that fot your needs. They are "3D Print Toolbox" & "Mesh Analysis".
Here is a link I just found with a web search. I don't know its quality, but at least with this page you can have a quick overview of its abilities => https://daler.github.io/blender-for-3d- ... blems.html
Oppositely, Blender (which is focused on mesh design) has 2 excellent toolboxes that fot your needs. They are "3D Print Toolbox" & "Mesh Analysis".
Here is a link I just found with a web search. I don't know its quality, but at least with this page you can have a quick overview of its abilities => https://daler.github.io/blender-for-3d- ... blems.html