Questions tagged [infill]
Questions about the internal structure of a 3D printed part.
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Different infill in the same part
I´ve have read an article to change different pattern depending on amount of layers, but my question is if is possible to have different infill in the same part? For example:
Base: has the infill of ...
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Infill is rough - how to enhance?
My i3 MK3 is printing very well for solid parts of an object, but it messes up with infill.
As you can see in the image, the infill is broken into pieces and bends to that the surface becomes rough ...
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What are the advantages of gyroid infill?
I've seen a few print time-lapse videos lately which use gyroid infill: wavy lines, which deform across layers so that the waves end up alternating between the two axes. Other than making the time-...
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Using multiple infill types within one model [duplicate]
When modelling for 3D printing, can I distinguish somehow the type of infill in various areas of the model? Say there may be some areas in the model where I want 100% infill (maximum strength) but ...
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What is this weird support line doing in this print?
I am a newbie to 3D printing and ran into a weird infill line on my second 3D printing object on a new Qidi X-Pro machine (which works great). I've included a screenshot of the infill line, which is ...
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slic3r: Can I vary the infill percentage for different heights of my model?
How can I vary the infill percentage for different layer heights of my model?
Context: The bottom part of my model needs about 20% infill. The geometry of the top part of the model (mostly cones of ...
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Unidentified problem in printing
I have printed the XY resonance, Z resonance, bridging performance and the negative space tolerance test, from Makezine (can be found here), and I have encountered the following errors in the prints.
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Infill failure at the far corner of two different prints
I am a complete newbie at 3D printing (although learning fast). I switched from the default Qidi slicer to the Cura slicer on a Qidi X-Pro machine (which is wonderful). Using: plate 50 °C, 0.4 mm ...
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How are infill paths connect to form an efficient path that respect the object's geometry?
I am attempting to write a basic slicer for some objects I am working with. I need to write a custom slicer as the objects are not polygonal based (they are implicit objects) and therefore cannot be ...
