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I have an stl file, its a pyramid (example) i want to make 50 2d images at different heights, so the first image at height close to 0 would be a traingle (the largest one) and then the size of triangle will decrease as height increases.
I am very new to blender, i have tried doing this using trimesh but im loosing scale information (when converting plot2d object to image).
Is there a simple way to slice 3d objects to 2d images.
Yes. Here's one way to do it. I'm using a cone, rather than a pyramid, but the solution is the same.
Camera
Slicer
Object
You will end up with something like this:
and the view from the camera will look like this:
The outliner should look like this:
and the modifier like this:
You can animate this by moving the plane to just above the base of the cone and setting a keyframe on the plane's location at frame 1. Then move to whatever frame you want the full reveal on, move the plane to just above the cone and set a keyframe on the frame's location.
But you wanted to reveal just the area at the cut. To do this switch the Boolean from Difference to Intersect
You'll have to scale your plane so that it's larger than the largest slice of your object.
You may have to switch to the Fast Solver if the Boolean gives you trouble.
The plane is set to wire display. This is a common technique when using a non-destructive Boolean workflow. It allows you to see the position of the plane without it obstructing your view of the object.
The plane, of course, shouldn't appear in final render, so disable that in the outliner.
The plane is rotated so that the desired part of the cone is revealed. You can also accomplish this by flipping normals in the plane but rotation is easier to describe.
The Boolean does the heavy lifting.
The plane's movement matches your need.
