This article is about designing parts for 3D printing for begginers and advanced.
When starting with 3D printing and designing your own parts for it can be a bit intimitating. Thats why I came up with some rules which should make it easier for you to get into the process of designing.
The basic set of rules is to keep the part as simple as possbile:
- dont use many parts that are not 3D printed, to keep the interest in your models high and assembly easier.
- be careful how many printed parts you create, the more parts the more can go wrong while printing
- pay attantion while designing, so that the print doesn't need support in the best case
Pay attention to the design language
- you want your parts as aestheticly pleasing as possible, chamfer corners with the same angles, round edges with the same radius etc.
- have an idea in mind of what kind of style you want to achieve (industrial, simplistic, realistic etc.)
- avoid slopes printed in layers, espacially rounded edges, which will create a steps effect
Strength is also an important factor when creating parts for 3D printing
- unless its not just a static figure or sculpture that you create, most of the 3D prints have same usage. For this case you want to be sure layers dont seperate under load, stiffness is sufficiant, infill is supporting the structural integrety etc.
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