3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
The r/functionalprint community is now located at: or [email protected]
There are CAD communities available at: [email protected] or [email protected]
No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
Do not create links to reddit
If you see an issue please flag it
No guns
No injury gore posts
If you need an easy way to host pictures, https://catbox.moe may be an option. Be ethical about what you post and donate if you are able or use this a lot. It is just an individual hosting content, not a company. The image embedding syntax for Lemmy is 
Moderation policy: Light, mostly invisible
This is a battery cell case that was a pain last time I printed it with supports
As a total beginner, it's not really clear to me what's meant here. I read printing some things are better to print at an angle, like boxes, for additional strength. Is that what's meant here?
I think OP is putting it at an angle so there are no 90 degree overhangs and so the model doesn't need support added or removed.
What exactly is the difference to just printing it standing?
This particular model would have lots of troublesome bridging if printed vertically, and would need supports along the entire length if printed horizontally.
Less overhangs?
That's one, but if you are priting a particularly delicate part, printing at an angle could strengthen the part significantly
How? What mechanisms, conditions, etc, are we manipulating which produce such a significant effect? After a bit of searching I found this write up:
https://thor3d.ca/wp/the-effects-of-print-orientation-on-strength/
Is this what we're referring to? To summarize (if I've understood this properly): Printing at 45 degrees ensures none of the print's three axes are aligned with the printer's least accurate axis of movement.
That's so smart! Thanks for the tip
That's actually genius, thanks for the tip man
Ohh nice, battery pez dispenser!
Is that considered a raft + supports or just supports on there?
Just supports, I had to manually paint them in to prevent the slicer from putting them all the way up the side
In Orca slicer, if you use tree supports and hybrid, an option appears (advanced must be enabled) for something like "Essential supports only". It is so much better than spending all that time adding or blocking supports.
Looks like the model is just resting on supports. Might have a roof or "support interface" (a layer between supports and model)