shaneyang
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Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2015 2:09 pm

Bottom Surface quality with indent is stringy

I am printing a housing shell that has a slight indentation where the label is supposed to go. I am printing the shell face down in order to minimize the need for support.

The resulting piece has a very nice even and smooth texture on the surface built directly on the platform (glass with ABS juice). There is a slight, flat cavity that is intended to be used to attach a label. The resulting part has some coarse strings strung across the sticker cavity. There is also similar coarse string at the bottom of the supported surfaces. Are these intended to be removable supports?

If so any tips on removing these thin layer support structures? I have a tendency of mangeling the surface underneath when removing the thick strings.
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JoeJ
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Joined: Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:52 am

Re: Bottom Surface quality with indent is stringy

That doesn't look like supports, it looks like bridging regions. And it's going to be hard to get any kind of support structure in there since your indent is so thin. I don't think it could fit any plastic in there, especially if you expect it to be removable after the fact.

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