1 Topic by cujo3131

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Topic: What is more important?

A question for the peanut gallery....

Tonight while looking thru some things that I need to print, I noticed a couple
things after slicing them....

Oddly, after slicing at .3mm layer height and 10% infill, I got a filament usage of 34532mm
compared to .4mm layer height and 15% infill at 38461mm of strand....

I would have thought that print less layers (with the .4mm height) would have saved
me much more strand than .3mm.... but no...

The .4mm layer did have a much quicker print time by 15 minutes....

So the question.... when printing object... what is the BEST way to conserve strand and
still get quality parts that are sturdy?????

Thicker perimeters and less infill.... higher layer heights?   What???

Let me know!

Cujo

2 Reply by leonmf

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Re: What is more important?

You still need the same amount (ish) of plastic to cover that vertical space.  So, 0.1mm layer height will use approximately the same amount of material for the outside surface as 0.4mm layer height.

Where you save material is by reducing infill, top and bottom layer thickness and number of perimiters.

It all comes down to structural integrity vs. print speed and material savings.

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3 Reply by MLA

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Re: What is more important?

I don't think there is a single answer to your question. The strength of your part will also depend a lot on the geometry.

4 Reply by n2ri

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Re: What is more important?

wait till ya need support material LOL that adds plastic and time just to print item

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