SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Settlers of Catan

Re: Settlers of Catan

2012-09-07T16:29:48Z

Q. What were my tolerances for pieces that snap together?
A. In my case it's trial and error. The resource tiles are 0.1mm smaller than the resource base they fit in to. The number base is 0.0mm "smaller/same" than the hole it fits in to. Why the difference? I don't know. The size, shape and flow rate can all affect the final size. What I did was start with the same size peg for the same size hole and trial and error'd from there.

For this reason I'm tidying up my SCAD files so it's trivial for even OpenSCAD novices to change the tolerances and generate all of the pieces required. That's why it isn't up on Thingiverse yet.

I enjoy the undiscovered territory game. It adds a randomness to it which lets differently skilled players compete. I like the challenge of starting with poor resources.

I haven't weighed it yet, but I'm guessing I used something like 500g of ABS for the whole 6 players board. As you can see I used different colour ABS (black, white, blue, green, yellow and red) but I designed it so you can recognize the resources without the colours. So the whole thing could be printed in two tone, black and white, red and yellow... whatever.

Re: Settlers of Catan

2012-09-07T14:40:14Z

I really like this, great job on the print.

Let us know once you've uploaded it to thingiverse.

Re: Settlers of Catan

2012-09-07T12:16:36Z

My wife loves undiscovered territory- me not so much. I always find water or a 2 of whatever , she always finds 4 or 5 of gold. That is one awesome nerdy print. How many spools did it take for each resource?

Re: Settlers of Catan

2012-09-07T06:16:51Z

Very nice print. This brings forward a question I've had for about interlocking printed parts some time: what sort of tolerances do you allow in order to guarantee a good fit? Do you print in multiples of .3mm to make it accurate or will the software handle it?

Settlers of Catan

2012-09-07T05:51:13Z

A preview of the Settlers of Catan board I printed. I wanted a version where you could flip the resource tiles without disturbing the numbers or roads or houses. It's so you can play the "Explore the Wilderness" rules with ease...

http://www.settlers-strategy.com/settle … rules.html

Otherwise it's very cumbersome to flip the tiles. The resource and number pieces appear two colour, but that's just two separate prints snapped together. I'll hopefully get it uploaded to Thingiverse next week.