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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Flexible part design?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I was designing rings earlier this week and had to do some testing on this. I didn&#039;t design the rings to come to a full circle but instead just a 3/4 circle that went around my finger. This made it much easier to fit on different areas of different fingers as it was able to flex a little bit. At first I was using 2 layers (a ring which was .95mm thick) but I found that if I bent the piece too far it wouldn&#039;t bend back. I then tried a 4 layer thick print (1.9mm) and found that it was too stiff or would break if I bent it too much. The best option for me was a 1.3mm thick piece (3 layers) as it was flexible enough to fit around my finger, but it was thick enough where it wanted to retain its original shape. </p><p>Tl;dr - anything between 1 and 3 layers thick will bend easily (.3mm settings). 1 is floppy and can bend so far that it wont retain original shape. 2 is not floppy but can still be bent to the point where it won&#039;t retain its shape. 3 works the best for me as it can bend yet it will come back to its original shape.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[charles.elliott]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-05-21T14:15:37Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Flexible part design?]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Has anyone had any luck with designing parts that would flex once printed?</p><p>If so, what thicknesses work for the part that bends? Does density or layer height matter?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[BFresh]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/1178/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-05-21T14:01:00Z</updated>
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