Over the last few weeks I?ve been playing with all sorts of settings and software to try to really get to grips with what they really mean. I got frustrated by doing large prints so I designed a couple of objects along the way that allowed me to see results quickly. So I?ve attached them here so others can use them.
The square and diamond are simple 25x25 parts that allowed me to check on solid surfaces (shells and surface layers at 0, 45, and 90 degrees.
But what was really starting to frustrate me was printing objects with thin walls (containers). Walls that were really thin were not printed, quite thin walls ok, and thick walls were no problem? it was the ones in between.
So I designed a ?Walltester? with walls from 0.1 to 2.0mm in 0.1 increments and also 2.5 and 3.0mm for good measure. This allowed me to see..
The smallest wall size that is processed
Wall that print as a single line
Walls that print as 2 lines side by side
Walls that print as 2 lines with a gap
Walls that print as multiple lines
Walls that print as multiple lines with zig zag infill
So for example with BfB Axon default ABS setting (0.25mm layers) set to 4 solid surface layers ,3 shells and 40% fill density I get the following?.
The smallest wall size that is processed =0.6 (0.1 ? 0.5 missing)
Walls that print as a single line = 0.6
Walls that print as 2 lines side by side 0.7 to 1.3
Walls that print as 2 lines with a gap 1.4 to 1.8
Walls that print as multiple lines 1.9 and 2.0
Walls that print as multiple lines with zig zag infill 2.5 and 3.0