1 Topic by Skyminer

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Topic: Print density and the "feel" of items printed

Being about a week into my Solidoodle 3 ownership now, and having fully calibrated everything, I'm finally working on "real" prints.  One thing that surprised me though is the "feel" of them.  I guess when I thought of a print, I thought it would feel more like if you hold a piece of ABS pipe in your hand.. solid.. sturdy.  When printing at .3mm and 40% infill, the prints I've done feel very.. light and "airy" for lack of a better term.  And yes, I realize that at least 60% of the object IS air.. heh

If I upped my infill to 60, 80 or even 100%, would things feel more like what I was expecting?

2 Reply by ggunners

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Re: Print density and the "feel" of items printed

You could also just increase the base layers too. The YSB print of the WW2 Nose Art is 10% infill. Very light. You will understand though that filling it in increases the cost and the print time. For me, the cost is still trivial, but I do not like to make the print time any longer than it is.

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