3D printed floral tracing pattern

[dhaverstick]

As an engineer by trade and a geek by inclination, I find this whole thing fascinating! And the end result is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Darren

[Chakotay]

A perimeter is one wall of plastic filament the width of the printer's nozzle. Theoretically, it's the thinnest structure the printer can create. My printer has a  standard 0.4mm nozzle. So "2 perimeters" would be two walls of plastic (I'm guessing it'll be 0.4mm x 2 = 0.8mm. Though I've never really tested my printer for accuracy.)

I can measure it with a micrometer when I get home. But it's a bit of a moot point; while I was carving the lines didn't seem too big at all. They were about the same width as my swivel knife blade.

You can see the two walls in this slicer close-up:

 

Edited March 22, 2019 by Chakotay
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[bemavu]

Hello,

Very interesting. As I'm not in 3d printing  I wonder If a pattern like this is for sale?

Yours,

Bert

[chrisash]

2 hours ago, Chakotay said:

A perimeter is one wall of plastic filament the width of the printer's nozzle. Theoretically, it's the thinnest structure the printer can create. My printer has a  standard 0.4mm nozzle. So "2 perimeters" would be two walls of plastic (I'm guessing it'll be 0.4mm x 2 = 0.8mm. Though I've never really tested my printer for accuracy.)

I can measure it with a micrometer when I get home. But it's a bit of a moot point; while I was carving the lines didn't seem too big at all. They were about the same width as my swivel knife blade.

You can see the two walls in this slicer close-up:

 

Thanks for that, but raises another question on how you get the two walls, as i have not come across this so far in 3d Printing