What is 3D Printing?
3D Printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. The creation of a 3D object is achieved by using the additive process where an object is created by laying down sucessive layer of material until the object has been fully 3D printed.
Knight Chess Piece
I will first design a Knight Chess Piece by using a template I found online.
Ultimaker Cura
In order to 3D print, the file needs to be exported in .STL format where I will then open the file in a software called Ultimaker Cura to slice the file.
Machine and Printing Setting
I will be using the Ultimaker 2+ to print my Knight Chess Piece with the following settings documented below.
Settings
Printer |
Ultimaker 2+ |
Material |
White PLA |
Nozzle |
0.4mm |
Layer Height |
0.2mm |
Wall Thickness |
0.8mm (4x) |
Infill |
10% |
Print Speed |
80m/s |
Temperature |
190℃-205℃ |
Support |
Zig Zag |
Bed Adhesion |
Brim |
First Print
For my first initial print I forgot to turn on support which resulted in a bad print.
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Second Print
Learning from my mistake on the first print, I subsequently printed a second chess piece with support on.
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This concludes my first 3D Printing project in this elective and I have learned how to turn my 3D models from Autodesk Fusion into 3D Printed models.