SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — smooth prints

Re: smooth prints

2014-01-05T21:13:42Z

Now that I look closer at the mesh, it actually is quite faceted if I zoom in. I appreciate the response, Coaster.

Re: smooth prints

2014-01-05T19:10:26Z

Unfortunately, the stl file format does not allow for real circles, only lots of triangles, so the only way to increase the circleness of it is to modify the original (not stl) file.

Support material ought to fix your overhang issue. A fan wouldn't hurt there either, however it isn't necessary.

smooth prints

2014-01-05T15:19:23Z

I've finally been printing without incident and very reliably. However, in my quest for the perfect print, there are two things I would love to solve and it might just be a calibration problem and a support material problem. I'd love to hear ideas though and any help would be greatly appreciated.

The first problem is not being able to print a large circle without faceting. It's not a low poly mesh so the faceting is being done by the printer. Is there a setting to make finer circles? Please see Faceted Circle pic. It seems to me that it should not be that obvious to the eye.

The second problem might be just that I need support material but wanted to run it by the forum in case there was some calibration problem. In the pic, the overhang part of the stand is very messy, but as I said it just may need support.

Thanks.