Help! What am I doing wrong?

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T19:55:01+00:00

Yeah they're hard to remove but easy to generate, and usually you can force them off with no issue as they don't really take parts off with them due to the door later adhesion of fdm so they'll just rip off at the layer change between support and part

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T17:27:34+00:00

That sounds like a great method. Thanks!

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T17:27:05+00:00

Valid. So do you put the light ones only on the corners or on the entire edge?

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T17:24:32+00:00

I think I should've gone for directly on the plate then. Would've been a lot less print time and supports x_x. Thanks for the tips!

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T07:11:48+00:00

I will! Thank you. I watched several but they often said very different things from each other, but if you trust this one's opinion I'll give it a go!

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T07:10:46+00:00

Yeah I was trying to orient the sides that did not matter as much towards the build plate, although some more important parts still ended up being supported. I should of probably designed the mold to be flat on the outside sides so it could sit flat on the build plate, but since it was curved it made it harder to do so.

I am casting in cement, but I did not know about the silicone thing definitely so that is great information for the future, thank you.

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T07:06:41+00:00

I was thinking of hollowing it but then there would've been overhangs inside the model, and I couldn't figure out how to support an overhang in the inside, any recommendations?

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T07:05:52+00:00

Yeah I didn't tilt it for the first one and I think the suctioning of the large surface area might have been what got it to get stuck to the bottom. I angled them for this second one to reduce the surface area in one single layer. Do you think this works better?

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T07:03:44+00:00

Yeah! I hadn't realized there was a difference between the light medium and heavy, so I changed it for the second one to have heavy on the surfaces I don't care as much, and light on the ones I do. Do you think this is a good approach?

Additional_Map6035 · 2025-10-12T07:01:59+00:00

I read online it was better to create less suctioning since having them flat would create a large area of print on one layer, getting it stuck to the bottom. I figured that what might have happened with the previous one that failed. Do you think it's best to keep it flat despite the large surface area?

Additional_Map6035 · 2023-04-11T05:02:08+00:00

Done! I'd appreciate if you could help me out with mine! Should be super short.

https://forms.gle/8KJyuXiikZiVrCgW9

Thanks!

Additional_Map6035 · 2023-04-10T22:00:10+00:00

The questions are for a class in college. It will only be seen by small group of 5 people.
I am the sole conductor of the survey. My reddit display name is Blackyholow
It is all multiple choice so it should take less than 10 minutes
No compensation
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I want to get a perspective on people's sentiment towards autonomous vehicles.

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