pleonard2000

Hello, I am just getting started with 3d printing so I'm not sure if bridging/drooping is the correct term. Here's the finished part; I used 1.75mm PLA+ at 210 deg with print speed of 50 mm/s and low quality .28mm layers The cross pieces in the graphic are 1.6mm thick, and required about 5 layers. It was printed without supports in this layout; Here you can see the drooping that occurred on the underside of a couple of the bridges So ... is this 'drooping'? Should I have simply added supports to prevent this? I previewed what the supports would look like, and not only did it seriously lengthen the time required to print, but they looked like they might be hard to remove. I re-sliced it in highest quality mode, and the profile still looked similar so I didn't reprint it So, I'd like to know the proper way to prevent this, and also whether you have any tips to speed up the print. It took almost 4 hours at lowest quality and only 10% infill. Thanks! Having a great time so far!