Slicing
Todd,
I'm not sure what kind of work you are planning on, but another option would be to "slice" the files so that you could create larger objects than would fit under your gantry.Then you could use 2" material and build up a 12" piece in 6 layers, etc. Of course this only applies to projects which could be coated/painted, etc. to "hide the layers" you'd be building. But if the products WERE paintable you could theoretically use "slicing", and "paneling"(this allows you to do a similar process to a file in the horizontal plane) and create objects that were HUGE...
The slicing feature is available in Partworks 3D, paneling might require Aspire, or other advanced software.....
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