Model Boat Mayhem
Technical, Techniques, Hints, and Tips => 3D CAD Design & Printing => Topic started by: Trucker on August 03, 2024, 09:21:54 pm
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Hi, to all those experts
Ive purchased my first 3D printer hoping its going to be of great help with my builds, its all set up according to the manual and you tube, so ive down loaded a ready to use printable file of an oil drum, i can open the file so its all on my lap top, BUT, what do i do with it to actually get a printed model, {:-{ did say im a newbee.
Trucker
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The 3D model needs to be output as an STL file (Standard Tessellation Language) That's loaded into the "slicing software" that typically comes with your 3D printer, such as Chitubox, that slices the model into layers and adds a support structure for printing.
The model has to be made with printing in mind. For instance, if it's a tube sort of structure, an inner surface must be modeled, not just an outer surface.
The deck box shown is hollow to save resin, make it lighter, and I was afraid a solid block would crack over time. I had to model the inside surface AND connect that to the outside surface or the printing would fail - a resin printer can't print nothing.
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what sort of 3D printer is it?
filament or resin?
makes a difference as to which software you need to use!
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Hi, I've got a filament printer, in fact a creality V2 neon
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I would recommend binge-watching Utube to start with .... https://rb.gy/ol1qog
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I'm having problems with the 3d design element, I just can't seem to get mt head around the CAD design programs, Ive tried free Cad, and whilst had limited success with Tinkercad for basic items. Anyone got ant suggestions or recommendations on the best (for beginners) CAD program to use.
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I use a 2-d package for drawing complex shapes, and then transfer it to FreeCad to expand it to 3-d. You can actually do quite a lot by just using the basic shapes provided in FreeCad - simple bollards, for instance, would be a flat plate, two cylinders rising from that, topped by two disks.
Filament is good for large objects, resin is messier, but great for fine detail. You will find a number of free model boat .stl files on my EeZeBilt site - they were designed for resin work but should be ok for practicing with filament...
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tinkercad is a good starting program, i use fusion, but then I have been a draughtsman for over 40 years and can use a lot of different CAD software and was brought up in microstation and autocad. pick one, learn it - practice it and find out how to make it do what you want. the design part for most people is the difficult part, - for me the easy part, build up your design using simple shapes and you wont go far wrong.
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I also use Fusion360 for Personal Use. (https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal)
The most difficult part is getting the version for Personal Use. Autodesk steers you
to Free Trial, which expires and leads you to a subscription.
The best tutorial I have found was by Kevin Kennedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3qGQ2utl2A
I am also seeing some amazing work by people using 3d Builder.
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