Johnm
Posts: 62
Joined: Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:31 pm

walls & infill

Hi all,
I am using 5.02. I would like to discuss walls & infill. I am making a Speaker Port Tube. I am learning a lot about using Corkscrew mode and extrusion width. I used Corkscrew mode and a 1.0mm extrusion width and it turned out EXCELLENT!!!! Not Near Perfect but PERFECT! Excited :D .I have a round part that I want to only infill between Perimeters. What I am about to describe might be the wrong way to think about this issue/technique.... 2 Questions: Question #1; I would like let's say 3 Walls or 5 walls and between each wall have a certain amount of infill. So, 1 outer wall the infill(for a certain width, then a second wall, infill, then the 3rd inner wall. Also the each Wall would have a certain solid extrusion widths well. I have been using CURA for a while now and in CURA there is Infill and Walls. In CURA Infill is for crush Strength and Walls are for twist strength. I thought that if I could combine the 2 then I would have a really, really strong part. Although, my corkscrew print with 1.0mm Extrusion width and 120% extrusion flow rate came out REALLY Strong. I mean Really Strong. So is there a way to do this?
Question 2: If I print multiple Perimeters (tried 5 with no infill) I get each perimeter to print nicely but a fairly big space between each Perimeter. So, What I got was 5 2mm(Extusion Width) rings only tied together with one seam. Nice but not what I want. Even in CURA I would get multiple Perimeters/wall close to each other but not fused/tied to each other. And I could not find a way to tell the Perimeter to over lap. As I type this message sometimes I figure out the issue on my own. Should I print my part in 100% infill instead for Question #1? But for Question #2, what is the purpose of using 2 or more perimeter shells if the perimeter are not going to stick together? I have tried using the Overlap percentage up to 70% but nothing happens.

Thank You
Johnm
Posts: 62
Joined: Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:31 pm

Re: walls & infill

SO, I found out part of my issue. But I have yet to print the part to see if the following fixed my issues as stated above....
I had the Bad Activation issue with 5.02 and I fix that issue. I think I reinstalled version 4. Then I deactivated Version 4. Then I reinstalled Version 5.02 and then I setup my Wifi for the app and then everything seems to be working again. So far at Least.
For my printing issues, I started a brand new Project file and imported my part. So all the options that did not seem to work/affect anything are now working at least showing up in Preview. So now I am experimenting between Extrusion Width and using Corkscrew mode and not using Corkscrew mode. Even though Corkscrew mode is only supposed to print 1 perimeter outline you can adjust this by combining Corkscrew mode with other options like Extrusion Width, and top/bottom layers. Infill will not print in corkscrew mode but top and bottom solid layers will print. So you could; say, I have a print that is 6mm tall and I am printing at .4mm Layer Height you could just print about 13 bottom layers. I don't know if that makes any since to do this but it could be done. My calculations for the above example could be wrong but you get my point. At least in preview it works. The reason I would want to do this is that I hate, for a round object the Extruder Travels a lot therefore creating more stringing for one. And spending all that time Jumping around. When it should be able to print any round object like it prints in Vase Mode making a much cleaner print.

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