Saturday 31 August 2013

Component Fabrication Attempt #4

With the issues that I was having printing the component laying down, I decided to print it upright.  This meant that the only face touching the print bed would be the smallest face.  In terms of maintaining accuracy this was pretty much the best option.


The issue that I had was not with the printer this time, but instead with the SketchUp model.  I left hidden internal faces in my components.  In the image below you can see that when the front face of the component is removed there are more faces on the inside that don't actually need to be there.  I deleted the internal faces and then put the front face back on.


VERDICT:  FAILURE (But I learned that internal faces cause problems when printing)

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