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Some slicers have introduced brick layers, and more slicers plan to add them. Until that happens, you can use this new script from [Geek Detour] to get brick layer goodness …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Brick Layers for Everyone
When you’re spitting out G-Code for a 3D print, you can pick all kinds of infill settings. You can choose the pattern, and the percentage… but the vast majority of …read more Continue reading Could Non-Planar Infill Improve The Strength Of Your 3D Prints?
Back in November we first brought you word of a slicing technique by which the final strength of 3D printed parts could be considerably improved by adjusting the first layer …read more Continue reading Brick Layer Post-Processor, Promising Stronger 3D Prints, Now Available
If you’ve wanted to get in on the “fuzzy skin” action with 3D printing but held off because you didn’t want to fiddle with slicer post-processing, you need to check …read more Continue reading Non-Planar Fuzzy Skin Textures Improved, Plus a Paint-On Interface
If you’re used to thinking about 3D printing in Cartesian terms, prepare your brain for a bit of a twist with [Joshua Bird]’s 4-axis 3D printer that’s not quite like …read more Continue reading Unique 3D Printer Has a Print Head With a Twist
[TenTech]’s Fuzzyficator brings fuzzy skin — a textured finish normally limited to sides of 3D prints — to the top layer with the help of some non-planar printing, no hardware …read more Continue reading Fuzzy Skin Finish for 3D Prints, Now On Top Layers
When working with an FDM 3D printer your first prints are likely trinkets where strength is less relevant than surface quality. Later on when attempting more structural prints, the settings …read more Continue reading One Object to Print, but So Many Settings!
Slicers are the neat little tools that take your 3D models and turn them into G-code that your 3D printer can actually understand. They control the printing process down to …read more Continue reading Orca Slicer Is The New Game In Town
When we first started 3D printing, we used ABS and early slicers. Using supports was undesirable because the support structures were not good, and ABS sticks to itself like crazy. …read more Continue reading A Comprehensive Look at FDM Supports
RepRap 3D printers were designed with the ultimate goal of self-replicating machines. The generatively-designed Gen5X printer by [Ric Real] brings the design step of that process closer to reality. While …read more Continue reading 5-Axis Printer Wants to Design Itself