Why it matters: Infill affects compressive strength, top surface quality, and material use. Overbuilding wastes filament without always improving durability. Pattern power: Patterns like gyroid, cubic ...

It is always tricky setting the infill for a 3D printed part. High infill parts are strong but take longer to print, while low infill prints take less time, but are weaker internally and in danger of ...

As impressive as the 3D printing process is, it can also be a bit time consuming. You are creating something out of nothing after all, and your printer needs to dispense and layer every square inch of ...

Use a brim or raft. These are slicer settings that add extra material around the base of your print to help it stick to the ...

Infill is the slider everyone touches, almost nobody truly understands, and plenty of people blame when a print fails. That’s partly because it looks like a “strength” knob, and strength is an easy ...