looking for a trick for printing scale models
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 4:07 pm
In a CAD tool I've a model that's about 1.5m across.
So I figured I'd scale it to 15cm - i.e. 10% - in Simplify3D
There are a few "thin wall" type features that, thus scaled, are a good bit less than the extrusion width.
So, as it is, I'm not expecting them to slice.
What are my options?
Certainly I could create a second version of the CAD file with "thin" features thickened so that they will print when scaled to 10%.
But that becomes tedious when it's time to do V2, V3....
Any better tricks?
So I figured I'd scale it to 15cm - i.e. 10% - in Simplify3D
There are a few "thin wall" type features that, thus scaled, are a good bit less than the extrusion width.
So, as it is, I'm not expecting them to slice.
What are my options?
Certainly I could create a second version of the CAD file with "thin" features thickened so that they will print when scaled to 10%.
But that becomes tedious when it's time to do V2, V3....
Any better tricks?