3D Printing

Note: I'm printing on a Bambu A1 and use the Bambu slicer I saw in the printing doc that the recommended layer height is 0.12mm, which is great for fine details. One place I've found that doesn't need the fine details is the open lock system at the bottom of the tiles and walls, and I've been using the Variable Layer Height setting on the Bambu slicer to change the bottom of the models that integrate with the open lock to be 0.16mm. This shaves off a bit of time since the advantage of the 0.12 layer height (high detail) isn't really needed down there. I'm not entirely sure on the time difference between 0.12 and 0.16, but I've been printing at 0.08 layer height and there's a significant time savings. It might be worth taking a look at! I also print the clips at 0.16mm.

Speaking of the clips, I…

So I have been printing floor hexes on my Anycubic iMega SE using default cura settings and ironing and getting great results.

However, I recently got an Ender 3 V3 KE and with the default Cura and ironing settings, I've been getting terrible top surface quality.

Anycubic - good results

The top hex is the V3 KE, bottom is my Anycubic iMega SE

I'm having a hard time getting the cave hexes to print out in their full detail; the top layer is often missing, and I think this is because there is a very tiny amount of stagging that happens when they are printing; I usually have some loose strains on the bottom of the print that could not clear the chasm of the hex when creating the initial layers in between the legs of the hex. I have tried messing with speed, temperature, etc.

Regardless of the root cause, I'd like to try separating the 'tops' of the hexes (i,e. the actual floor where the minis would stand) and the 'bottoms' (the places for the magnets and the OpenLOCKs) will seriously cut down on printing time, as well as ensure superiour detail on the top of the print.

The trouble if I've never had to edit an STL file with that…

Any tips how to achieve that goo slimy effect with resin?