Hi... Ok, so I am doing fine with my parts so far, but I just now created
one that needs to really be quite a bit stronger than it is. I blame the
fact that it's hollow in parts where I think it should be solid.

Is there a way to define where the model is printed hollow (with the
honeycomb), and where it should be solid all the way through?

This is the piece I'm working on: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30484

Thanks!

Apart from this trick, there's no way with any current slicer to
define areas for solid fill and other areas for sparse fill.

Have you tried printing with different in-fill?  I used thicker walls and
50% infill and the resulting part was quite strong.

- G.

The only way I know is by making tiny (try 0.1-0.2 mm) vertical holes in the
area of the model where you'd like it to be filled in.

Space the holes based on your extrusion width and the number of perimeter
shells, then slice and examine the toolpath to see if the desired area is
filled well enough.

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Hi... Ok, so I am doing fine with my parts so far, but I just now created
one that needs to really be quite a bit stronger than it is. I blame the
fact that it's hollow in parts where I think it should be solid.

Is there a way to define where the model is printed hollow (with the
honeycomb), and where it should be solid all the way through?

This is the piece I'm working on: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30484

Thanks!

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Something that just occurred to me that might be worth trying is to hollow out the portion that you want to strengthen, being sure to leave a bridge across the top. Then, when you slice it, turn on support structures and make them extremely dense so that they fill the hollow area. Of course, the model design would have to avoid having supports anywhere else.

Something similar can be done if you have 2 extruders. Separate the model
into sparse filled part and dense filled part, then slice them separately
with different infill ratio, and then mix the gcode like it is done for the
multi-color objects. Seems like a way more complex than just making the tiny
holes though.

Alternatively, it seems like that particular object can be easily designed
for printing with 100% infill by adding a hollow area inside the top of the
handle where there is no need for the structural strength.

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Something that just occurred to me that might be worth trying is to hollow
out the portion that you want to strengthen, being sure to leave a bridge
across the top. Then, when you slice it, turn on support structures and make
them extremely dense so that they fill the hollow area. Of course, the model
design would have to avoid having supports anywhere else.

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Thanks for the responses everyone! Some really good tips in there.

Turns out that, in the Replicator-G software you can set it (in-fill
setting) so that it's printed completely solid, which will work great in
this case!

Dual extruders not for different colors nor water soluble support but for
different infill ratios in different parts of the same object! Genius! How
come I did not think of this?! This would come in very handy for my printed
bicycle project!

It is not really necessary to have 2 extruders for that.

It's just the application of the dual color printing technique for a
slightly different purpose.

Using dual extruders it might be possible to make something like an ABS
thing with a PLA frame inside.

The combination of the materials with different properties in one object
might give surprising results (just a thought).

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Dual extruders not for different colors nor water soluble support but for
different infill ratios in different parts of the same object! Genius! How
come I did not think of this?! This would come in very handy for my printed
bicycle project!

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Reminds me of a paper I just saw from utexas where a single build platform
was shuttled back and forth between two printers - one did the high
resolution shell in one color, and the other did the thick, low resolution
infill in another color:
http://utwired.engr.utexas.edu/lff/symposium/proceedingsArchive/pubs/...