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by Waterfin
Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:25 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Small Strands in Gaps
Replies: 11
Views: 21663

Re: Small Strands in Gaps

Thanks everyone for the replies! I was skeptical when I first came to this forum and now I see that everyone really is willing to help! I printed a scaled down version of the model for testing purposes. I used the upright orientation with pillars for the supports and I also opted to build supports f...
by Waterfin
Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:44 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Small Strands in Gaps
Replies: 11
Views: 21663

Re: Small Strands in Gaps

They could be supports but this would still be undesirable because it would provide a rougher/sharper internal surface finish. I attached a screenshot of the cad model so you can see the empty gap on the inside and also a screenshot of one of the slices from the middle of the model. It can be seen i...
by Waterfin
Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:48 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Small Strands in Gaps
Replies: 11
Views: 21663

Small Strands in Gaps

I am currently working on printing a box with a cavity that connects two of the walls so that things can be slid in and out either end. The holes on the parallel walls create a channel that should not have any strands blocking the way of the sliding objects. I imported the stl file into slic3r and g...