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I have just 3D printed from Fusion 360, it has handed over the geometry to the Prusa Slicer app (shown here). Slicers are not just for printing, they are getting more and more powerful at manipulating, orienting and sizing images before printing - relieving the CAD program of some of the burden. As an example, I have cut this mold in two and turned the top section upside down. In view of the fact that this creates an unneeded join, why do it? Because it minimizes the amount of printed support needed (the insert on the bottom shows the support it deems necessary). The flat tops of both pieces are down therefore they require zero support. And, because prints are precise the two halves fit together so well that the seam is barely visible.
Glossary |
3D Slicer
A slicer is software that can cut a 3MF, OBJ or STL 3D model file into hundreds or even thousands of layers and then control a printer to print them layer-by-layer. |
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