I 3D Printed A Thing

[EnderKid2]

I looked around the net and found no good 3d models of the Seamoth from Subnautica, so I made my own.

https://imgur.com/a/ulPFh

 

Apparently Imgur albums are broken

Edited December 18, 2017 by EnderKid2

[James Kerman]

Really nice work, Mate.  How long did it take to make the model?
(yes imgur albums are broken, we are awaiting a forum software update)

[Geonovast]

That's a nice, smooth print.  What printer do you have?

[EnderKid2]

2 hours ago, Geonovast said:

That's a nice, smooth print.  What printer do you have?

Flashforge Finder

4 hours ago, James Kerman said:

Really nice work, Mate.  How long did it take to make the model?

I wasn't timing myself, but like 2 hours in Tinkercad. I could have used Solidworks, but I think tinkercad was better suited to what I needed to do with the model.

[Elthy]

If its somewhat possible i would try to increase the resolution of those round surfaces. Your printer can do better

[EnderKid2]

7 minutes ago, Elthy said:

If its somewhat possible i would try to increase the resolution of those round surfaces. Your printer can do better

Tinkercad won't let you adjust the resolution of anything but a cylinder for some reason.

Edited December 18, 2017 by EnderKid2

[Nuke]

4 hours ago, Elthy said:

If its somewhat possible i would try to increase the resolution of those round surfaces. Your printer can do better

i here there is a variable layer thickness feature in some slicers that can make better curved surfaces. unfortunately my slicer (cura) doesnt have that feature. alternatively you can lower your layer thickness to get a little better resolution, but it will take a lot longer to print.

 

i model in 3d studio max, i slice in cura, and my printer is a printrbot play (with extended bed option).

Edited December 18, 2017 by Nuke

[Geonovast]

15 hours ago, Nuke said:

i here there is a variable layer thickness feature in some slicers that can make better curved surfaces. unfortunately my slicer (cura) doesnt have that feature. alternatively you can lower your layer thickness to get a little better resolution, but it will take a lot longer to print.

That won't help in this case.  That will only help if the surface roughness is due to the printer or printer settings.  You can tweak the layer heights till the cows come home, but it won't un-facet a faceted model.  The model itself needs to be smoothed, before it's sliced.

 

Personally I like the low poly stuff!

[EnderKid2]

3 hours ago, Geonovast said:

That won't help in this case.  That will only help if the surface roughness is due to the printer or printer settings.  You can tweak the layer heights till the cows come home, but it won't un-facet a faceted model.  The model itself needs to be smoothed, before it's sliced.

 

Personally I like the low poly stuff!

Exactly.

[Nuke]

16 hours ago, Geonovast said:

That won't help in this case.  That will only help if the surface roughness is due to the printer or printer settings.  You can tweak the layer heights till the cows come home, but it won't un-facet a faceted model.  The model itself needs to be smoothed, before it's sliced.

 

Personally I like the low poly stuff!

it does however cut a lot of the work when you go to sand it smooth.