Jump to content

TomB19

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    6

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by TomB19

    I'm looking for tips on Spiralize with TPU

    in Improve your 3D prints

    Posted

    I'm trying to print a small bellows.  OD is about 20mm.  It needs to allow articulation so I'm printing in TPU from a CURA slice with Spiralize.  The bellows part of it works terrific but I can't get the top of it to complete.  I have only tried without support, to this point.  I could print this in PLA and get 10 good parts out of 10.

     

    It seems like this could be a case of a poor choice of gemetry.  I can modify the nozzle portion of this part but I thought I'd ask the group first.

     

    I'm using an off-brand of filament (3d Sigma) that I have left over from another project but it's in a dry case and I don't suspect moisture problems.

     

    Printer is a Creality CR-10S Pro.

     

    Any TPU printing wisdom would be appreciated.

     

    I've tried the following:

     

    - Print speeds from 15 ~ 40 mm/s

    - line thickness 0.4 to 0.7mm

    - temps 215~225C

    - I've made the nozzle angle as steep as 45 degrees (the pic shows a 40* version)

     

     

     

    Spiral.thumb.jpg.4275b8804a90bc2c41b90d3be9b0c7a8.jpgInsert.thumb.png.db1e5836e56a1dae9aa632d90b1b0646.png

    Newbie having trouble slicing fine detail on mesh

    in UltiMaker Cura

    Posted · Edited by TomB19

    Thank you for the help, burtoogle.  🙂

     

    I'm pretty confident the problem is with the font.  A different font solved the problem.

     

    I thought it might be Cura, since it slices fine with Slic3r.

     

    I can see the errors you indicate.  Thanks for showing me this technique.  I will play with the mesh and see if I can get this font working.

     

    Cura is awesome.  I really appreciate this tool.  Thanks to all who have worked on it.  I've only sliced a few dozen things and already love it, compared to my old slicer.

     

    I don't see a way to mark this "SOLVED".  If anyone finds this with a search, check your font.  Cura is functioning fine in this situation.

     

    Newbie having trouble slicing fine detail on mesh

    in UltiMaker Cura

    Posted · Edited by TomB19

    I'm using FreeCad v0.18 and Cura 4.0.0.  These tools are new to me.

     

    I have a simple model that I want to emboss text onto.  Cura displays the text but does not slice it.  Slicing height is 0.15 so I set the text height at 0.45 but it still ignores it.  The text size is pretty large and I've tried increasing the size and the height to ridiculous proportions.

     

    I haven't been able to get MeshLab working to examine the mesh but I will continue working on it.

     

    Still, Cura displays the mesh when I open the .obj (alias mesh) in Cura.  The text looks perfect.  When I slice and preview, the text goes away.

     

    Any help would be appreciated!  Thank you in advance.

     

     

    - Tom

×
×
  • Create New...