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How to prepare a 3D model into a print - Marcin Maćkowiak - 03-16-2015 Hello everyone, I can`t add new thread to the "3D Printing Stuff" someone can fix it for me? ;p Today I decided to write a few words about preparing 3D models for print, because it is differs from the preparation of visualization. Here you have 9 things you must know before printing. 1. The model must have a clean grid - "watertight", the printer needs to know which faces of the model are inside and which are outside of the model. 2. Objects cannot pass through the other objects - for that use Boolean operation (union). 3. Limited print area - We can glue the parts together or prepare additional pins for interconnecting the parts. 4. Print should have a flat surface - Objects must adhere well to the table. 5. Too strongly negatively sloped faces (45 ° for the ABS, 60 ° for PLA) - printers cannot print in the air so we have to avoid this issue if we do not want "support". 6. The thickness of the walls - approx. 2 mm. 7. The smallest details are limited by width of the nozzle - remember about a scale of our 3D model. 8. Bridges - a layer of material applied in the air. From point to point 20 mm. 9. The diameter of the holes - 1 - 1.5 mm (vertical and horizontal), otherwise it can be difficult for printer to print. I hope you underestand me. Sorry for my english I think thats all for now by me, if something will come to my mind I will update the thread. A few picturies of printed stuff made in wings3D. Feel free to comment Regards Marcin Maćkowiak RE: How to prepare a 3D model into a print - imagine - 08-01-2020 nice tips, can anybody reload the images?