Jitter OpenGL to 3d printer?

update 6/2014: This patch seems to be broken. Christopher Konopka is actively working on setting up a process to 3d print OpenGL objects – based on the work described below. Stay tuned…

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Look near the end of this thread for patch that exports jit.gl stuff?…

http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/export-3d-model-from-jitter-gl-import-nurbs/

I tried out the following patch, from the thread and it creates an export file which can be imported into mesh lab. The patch name is saveashape.maxpat

[note] I think this was saved on a windows machine – can’t find the local instance of it as of 12/2013

Btw., this google search finds some very cool projects: max/msp jitter “3d printer”

open GL 3d printing in windows…

 http://www.michaelang.com/3d-printing-from-processing