Splitting an STL into parts for large 3D print

Splitting an STL into parts for large 3D print

Hi all - hope someone can help.

I have a stl file that I would like to divide into many many smaller parts. This is to allow me to 3D print the many parts and glue them together in a very large print

I want to divide my model into 64 parts (maybe more) and export the individual stalls for the smaller segments - is there any way to do that in Cheetah?

I have tried boolean-ing the model with a large box and using subtract and intersect boolean settings then saving the 2 files to get both halves of the split - then step and repeat until I'm crosseyed and my mouse hand no longer works :)

Thinking there has to be a smarter way

Thanks
Ian
 
The new Boolean tool in Cheetah3dv7 can do in one go:

Cheers
Frank
 

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The Boolean Tools are the way to go.

Do you have an older version? It can still be done with Booleans.

 
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