#bandwagon #tiltedprint @Whosa_whatsis
Gave it a try on a part I’ve printed ad-nauseum for work, and am very familiar with from a structural, tolerance, and warping perspective.
Printing at an angle greatly reduced any cracking from warpage
Simplify3D truly is perfect at support material - bottom face is stringy, yes, but next layer is watertight. Sanded it down on a giant wheel and hit it with acetone and it’s as good as any.
Still need to check fit and how well it holds up in comparison to a traditionally oriented print.
Ran it at 25 degrees off of horizontal
Ingentis isn’t yet done, this was printed on my rostock max. White ABS. The part is the lower half of the main body for a small ocean-going robot designed to measure current vorticity.
Try tilting it further. I get the best results tilting to at least 45 degrees. For something with lots of flat faces at right angles (like a cube), I tilt it 45 degrees on one axis then 35 degrees on the other so that all of the bottom faces are at the same angle from vertical (which is less than 45 degrees!). Of course, you have to crank up the support when you do this so that those <45 degree overhangs are supported to keep the object from being knocked over, but since it’s not actually printing on top of those supports, they’re much easier to remove.
