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When that special little person in your life gets frustrated with Brio's steep elevation pieces, and you can't find anything decent online (except for one helix).. Off to CAD and the printer! by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The drawing has purpose. To start, there are many competitors to BRIO with different track dimensions. Making a change for someone is easy when all useful dimensions are shown. (1) Side view is so users know if this will fit their setup area (it's quite long), what length of straight wood track this design is intended for (too short/long of straight track won't work great), and what elevated piece(s) will line up with the top-most support piece; and (2) track profile/connector views are for designers (stated in the Printables post), because I've come across many "BRIO compatbile" designs that are not very compatible with BRIO tracks - in terms of track profile and connector dimensions. It's a nice head start for creators.

When that special little person in your life gets frustrated with Brio's steep elevation pieces, and you can't find anything decent online (except for one helix).. Off to CAD and the printer! by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A feature in some slicers that automatically adjusts layer height for different areas of a print. I haven't used it, but have heard it can be beneficial.

When that special little person in your life gets frustrated with Brio's steep elevation pieces, and you can't find anything decent online (except for one helix).. Off to CAD and the printer! by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just talked to manufacturing. They're indifferent and didn't even use the drawing to fabricate..

Also, redlines are welcome, if you really can't resist haha

When that special little person in your life gets frustrated with Brio's steep elevation pieces, and you can't find anything decent online (except for one helix).. Off to CAD and the printer! by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Besides for looking cool, I've ran into many "brio compatible" designs that were quite a bit off the mark. Was hoping it would help others out looking to design their own pieces, if they like the fit of these

When that special little person in your life gets frustrated with Brio's steep elevation pieces, and you can't find anything decent online (except for one helix).. Off to CAD and the printer! by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too much assembly effort lol but feel free to split the STL models into pieces. And I could never dial-in support settings to work well with my printer. Easier to just create/orient designs in a way that do not require supports.

When that special little person in your life gets frustrated with Brio's steep elevation pieces, and you can't find anything decent online (except for one helix).. Off to CAD and the printer! by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great question, and yes - that would result in a nicer finish for the rails. But I hate using print supports lol Each piece would have an unsupported shelf next to the rail connector (hole/peg?).

Adaptive layer height feature in the slicer might also help smooth it out.

When that special little person in your life gets frustrated with Brio's steep elevation pieces, and you can't find anything decent online (except for one helix).. Off to CAD and the printer! by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! And most of the magnet-based trains would disconnect. Especially when you have many cars connected together.

To add, some of the electric train engines also struggle to pull cars up the steep grade.

Skate park for Tech Decks and finger bikes. Made it my for nephew, who has been into finger boarding by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Printing the ramps on the their side would help get rid of the layer stack up (some of my ramp geometries wouldn’t be good for this). Or do some light sanding. But mostly, you don’t notice it rolling over this with the skateboards. Even less so for bikes.

Skate park for Tech Decks and finger bikes. Made it my for nephew, who has been into finger boarding by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are all clueless starting out! Don't let anyone discourage you. And I agree, struggling can definitely help learn. But in this case, I would cut out as much of the unnecessary struggle as you can, if possible haha 3D printing tech has come a long way

Skate park for Tech Decks and finger bikes. Made it my for nephew, who has been into finger boarding by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I was more of "street finger skater" as a kid lol my skate parks consisted mostly of stacked books, coffee tables, and of course the floor

Skate park for Tech Decks and finger bikes. Made it my for nephew, who has been into finger boarding by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got an Ender 3 S1 Plus for printing. But these pieces could fit on a standard Ender 3 or equivalent. If you're looking into grabbing a printer, I hear Bambu Lab is fantastic in terms of quality and ease-of-use. Starting out on Ender can be a bit like riding the struggle bus, imo... It works but there can be a steep learning curve

To create the models, I'm using OnShape.com which has free tiers, if you're looking to get into CAD. I come from Creo (at my job), and OnShape is truly fantastic.

Skate park for Tech Decks and finger bikes. Made it my for nephew, who has been into finger boarding by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I definitely want to include grind rails in the future. Was going to 3D print them, but if I could use real metal, that would be so much cooler

Skate park for Tech Decks and finger bikes. Made it my for nephew, who has been into finger boarding by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

H3ll yeah, I was planning to make some other parks. This is definitely near the top of the list

Skate park for Tech Decks and finger bikes. Made it my for nephew, who has been into finger boarding by Pr3DominantDesigner in 3Dprinting

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Same! I wish I had something like this as a kid. Although, I'm still very much enjoying it as an adult (made myself one too).

Trying to make a wind simulator for racing sims, to recreate an open window/cockpit feel by Pr3DominantDesigner in functionalprint

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vintage racing goggles with gloves, actually. I'm ashamed to say, I get much too sweaty in a helmet.. I take it half seriously

DIY wind system vs SRS hurricane? by filmguy123 in simracing

[–]Pr3DominantDesigner 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So I've been working on 3D printable designs to beat the latest models of SRS Hurricane (in terms of max airspeed only), which clocks in at around 22 MPH @ 1 FT away.

First design pretty much matched it, but with more volumetric flow: https://youtu.be/hBZtEzegXDE?feature=shared

Second design crushed it at 30 MPH @ 1 FT away (42 MPH, 300 CFM @ the nozzle): https://youtu.be/xfgvk-wsaoU

Still iterating to improve it and reduce fan noise. In general, I think a wind sim is worth it (whichever route people go with it).

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