Multi-material adventures #2 - opaque & transparent

[foehnsturm 970]

Another interesting combination to talk about. Of course you could print things like buildings with windows or decorative parts. But more "technical" stuff like controlling the opacity of lamp shades might be even more fun. As we can stack transparent and opaque material with a vertical resolution of 0.1 mm or less, structures would become almost invisible.

[SandervG 1,521]

Don't the layers itself undermine the transparency of a print?

[Job_van_gennip 23]

I think it is way easier to use the thickness to control the opacity. The thicker the less light passes. This is also more reliable. Altough for buildings it is a very nice idea!!! would love to see the pyramid of the Louvre. Unfortunately for this I think SandervG is too right that the layers will ruin it:(

[foehnsturm 970]

I wouldn't say layers undermine transparency, they add light scattering, which has some influence on transparency but mostly on how "clearly" you can look through. But glass-like transparency with FFF is very hard to achieve anyway. So I'm more interested in the properties for diffused light.

[foehnsturm 970]

100% translucent blue <-> 90% opaque BioFila (for some reason S3D refused to slice the 100% opaque part).

Edited February 26, 2016 by Guest

[neotko 1,417]

With S3D remember that if the process are in a group they share some options, but if they are ungrouped they don't.

[foehnsturm 970]

Architects will love it.

Some kind of church. BioFila, wall thickness (entire wall) 1.6 mm & translucent blue, wall thickness 0.8

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Edited February 28, 2016 by Guest

[foehnsturm 970]

Wall thickness just 0.8 mm.

[yellowshark 153]

Who manufactures the translucent blue?

[foehnsturm 970]

Faberdashery

[yellowshark 153]

Blast, I just ordered some filament from them this afternoon. That will be the Glacial blue then I presume, I think I may still have some left.