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Topic: Part of the issue resolved...

Hello all-
Well, I added a brim to my project and it worked. Now, I have a new issue. The top of my project is not printing properly. I have noticed that most of the prints I do come out okay, but others that have a top such as this one don't work. I noticed that all the print I do are printed in a by default the way Repetier orientates the object on the print bed. Is the a way, as in this project, top print the object face down? This would eliminate the top from caving in during the printing process.

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2 Reply by ronsii

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Re: Part of the issue resolved...

If you want it to print in that orientation you need support... either manually add it to the model or have slicer add it

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Re: Part of the issue resolved...

Hello ronsii-

Ok, I do not know how to do either one....but I am willing to learn. Is there a link that can show me this information? Thanks.

ronsii wrote:

If you want it to print in that orientation you need support... either manually add it to the model or have slicer add it

4 Reply by MolecularConcept

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Re: Part of the issue resolved...

in the slicer settings there is a section called support material check the box that says generate support material. then click save then slice with your new settings

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Re: Part of the issue resolved...

Or under the 'object placement' tab in Slicer put a value of 180 in the Y field.

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Re: Part of the issue resolved...

Hazer wrote:

Or under the 'object placement' tab in Slicer put a value of 180 in the Y field.

Yep, looks like you can flip this (rotate 180 on Y) to eliminate overhangs, so then you don't need support (very rough rule of thumb: overhangs > 45deg need support) which is always better.

Also looks like you can get away with 90 (or is it -90?) rotation on this one -- depending on which way stresses will apply under typical use (if that matters, no idea what this is smile ): strength within layer is about an order of magnitude higher than across layers (again, very rough rule of thumb).