Hello All,
I have been having a problem trying to find the thinnest the printer can print. I have made items or lines .09mm just like the head but the z-suite wont even slice it once I say print.
Does anyone know this?
Thank you
Philip
selected resolution (for example 0.09) affects the height of each layer
width always is ~0.4mm due to the nozzle's width...
When I conducted minimum wall thickness tests, I noticed 0.040" was the minimum achievable.
That's two passes of plastic depositing.
When printing at "0.050" the wall is weakened from a lack of infill.
The machine prints the two passes w/ a gap, and you end up with two un-connected vertical walls.
In what direction are you trying to make thin parts? Are you talking about 'floors' or 'walls'? Floors are limited by step height, but walls are limited by the diameter of the nozzle (0.4mm); for thin walls, do multiples of this number (0.4, 0.8, etc). If you're trying to do a floor that's super thin, start with the layer height being used and then just slowly increase the thickness until Z suite shows it being sliced. A stepped test part would be a good way of testing multiple heights all in one go.
Thank you guys for the input. I tried to make some "walls" at .4 and that seems thicker then say when the printer makes supports (I don't know if that's because of me or something). If I set some walls just as a test from .2, .3 and .4mm the slicer will only see .4 other wise the app crashes. I can print them down (thanks to your comments) but the supports almost destroy the item because its so small.
Here is one of my items I was looking at printing.
FYI: im new to 3d modeling and first 3d printer is this zortrax
Thank you guys for the input. I tried to make some "walls" at .4 and that seems thicker then say when the printer makes supports (I don't know if that's because of me or something). If I set some walls just as a test from .2, .3 and .4mm the slicer will only see .4 other wise the app crashes. I can print them down (thanks to your comments) but the supports almost destroy the item because its so small.
Here is one of my items I was looking at printing.
FYI: im new to 3d modeling and first 3d printer is this zortrax
I have measured the support and it is 0.4mm at it's thinnest. With the part you are trying to make, print it standing on end with no support and you should be good to go. If you're still having issues after that I might be able to try it tonight and see if I can get it working.
printing walls vertical, the thinnest you can achieve is 0.040" (1.02 mm). Which is not a multiple of 0.4mm.
support material is indeed 0.015" (0.38mm) thin.
Basically, just because the nozzle has a diameter of 0.4mm doesn't mean its extruded thickness is going to match. Feed rate plays a big part in material thickness.
You can see this in play when Zortrax lays down the first layer of a part on top of the raft. The feed rate is decreased in order to lay down a thinner bead of plastic. (and as a result we all complain about the lack of infill on the bottom of our prints). The following layers have a slightly faster feed rate to actually fill the correct gap.
Hope that makes sense.
printing walls vertical, the thinnest you can achieve is 0.040" (1.02 mm). Which is not a multiple of 0.4mm.
support material is indeed 0.015" (0.38mm) thin.
Basically, just because the nozzle has a diameter of 0.4mm doesn't mean its extruded thickness is going to match. Feed rate plays a big part in material thickness.
You can see this in play when Zortrax lays down the first layer of a part on top of the raft. The feed rate is decreased in order to lay down a thinner bead of plastic. (and as a result we all complain about the lack of infill on the bottom of our prints). The following layers have a slightly faster feed rate to actually fill the correct gap.
Hope that makes sense.
Since I have printed walls at 0.8mm, I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you. Also, I have measured the support on multiple prints in multiple locations and it is approximately 0.4mm+-0.2mm. I have not yet measured the thickness of a first layer line (I will when i get home if I can find any) but I have a sneaking suspicion that it will not be less than 0.4mm. Printing less than the nozzle diameter can be achieved, but it would undoubtedly be unstable and result in complications since the material would have to be stretched behind the nozzle.
Is there any way to change the temperature of the print head manually to see if i can get better results? I'm using ABS (that came with the printer) I wonder if using another material will allow me to get the better detail so I could print something this small in a vertical fashion.