5. 3D Scanning and printing¶
Such an intresting week , Hoped it lasted longer .
First a really helpful Group Assignment
Where we understood design rules of 3D printing and fabrication limitaions .
3D Printing¶
Design¶
Worked on Fusion 360 to create a model , Tried some designs which I hated .
Later had an inspiration and went for it
Printing¶
Sliced on Cura to be printed on Prusa MK2
A lot of settings , but most of them are set in suitable condition as I use Prusa ready profiles found Here
In Shell tab , You might wanna increase the “Wall line count” to make your part stronger .
Also “Top/Bottom Pattern” Helps you give your parts a nicer look at the end .
This option helps you prevent elephant foot effect in your part , First adjust Z live then test some parts till you find the sweet number for your printer .
Also increase Infill for stronger parts , noticing it will take more time and material .
Here Adjust temperatures and also through testing you might start editing some flow settings based on your experementation .
Retraction is a great factor to prevent stringing , I wasn’t sure about Wood filament so I set as I do for PLA .
Finally , No support was needed and just Skirt in fixing part to printing bed.
Save file on the SD card and to the machine ,
Very easy to use , you just press and spin the knob
Preheat >> PLA
Unload filament , to remove previous filament
Load filament , Insert Wood filament
Is filament clear >> Yes , in case you see no traces of previous filament
Print from SD >> file name
Simple as that .
And that’s how it came out
Still need to remove the stringing
Love how it came out and the wood effect
Maybe I will give the wood filament another go while adjusting the retraction settings better .
I think I will increase the retraction distance which is the amount of filament pulled back when nozzle moves from one part to another .
Retraction speeds are of the pulled back and forth filament .
Also I think I might edit the temperature , It might help with the strings .
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3D Scanning¶
Very amusing task .
First I downloaded the software Qlone
Openned the application , very easy interface
Got the scanning mat and placed my part on it .
A dome appeared to show which sides have been scanned .
I kept scanning till almost all parts was covered and it starting analysing my scan .
It’s ready ! and I get to choose which extension I need it as .
They even generate a GIF of my scan !!