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[finescalerr]

Beautiful drawing. -- Russ

[Hydrostat]

Ok, what remains still unsolved is the irregular curved surface when exported to .stl 

Peter,

does your software allow to export *.stp files? The *.stp should not show those irregulations. If so you may send that to me to convert it to *.stl.

Volker

[Peter_T1958]

Hi Volker
Thank you very much for your offer! Alas, only exporting to *stl files possible...

[Lawrence@NZFinescale]

Hi Volker
Thank you very much for your offer! Alas, only exporting to *stl files possible...

You can export SAT though.  That will enable import into many programs that would give better control of the stl.

Certainly you could do this through Rhino (which I use).  I've never had much need to tweak Rhino's default stl output, but there are certainly options to do so. EDIT: actually on closer investigation Rhino cannot open SAT only export.  Other programs I've used could though and the web has workflows to get SAT into Rhino.

Pretty easy to have a look anyway.

[Peter_T1958]

Thanks all for the inputs! Here some last pics of the now finished files.

At least one of these howitzers had an elaborate framework on top for hoisting ammunition, that at least is weighing more than a ton. BTW. In this configuration the gun was still used by the Italians (and later the Germans) until the very end of WWII in France. WWII stuff is selling much better than WWI stuff, so I also designed this version. And it looks rather creepy 😱






Currently my howitzer is still a 3D file on my harddisk. Usually I have a producer in France to distribute my work as 3D kits (St. George models), such as my Büssing MTW 55, once presented in this forum. I always do the files, he takes care of whatever else, and I will get one example for my own plus a small financial contribution. A real win-win situation!
Alas, an artillery tractor kit for about 150 € is one thing, a more complicated gun as the "Küstenhaubitze M.14" annother. I hardly dare express the hope that there will be a real market for such a niche product. Already the thought about the sales price of such a big and complex model as is the "Küstenmörser M.14" (and eventually even with the associated gantry crane)makes me believe, that there aren't a lot of people willing to pay such a large amount. But never say never - otherwise I will print that piece just for my own. So, let's see what the future might bring.