Things too big to 3D print can be done in pieces
Wednesday 18th December 2019
This insight-live.com/glossary/49">jigger case mold has a step that provides the ideal place to split it into two pieces for printing. It is unnecessary to complicate the drawing by doing it in the 3D design app because the 3D slicer software can do it. In Simplify3D I just pushed the object downward on the platform (anything below does not print). Prusa Slicer (and Slic3r) has a cutter tool to split an object in two. Either piece can then be flipped over for faster printing (e.g. less printed support). Had this been printed as one piece support would have been necessary under the step, that would have slowed the process and affected the quality. After printing, I just super-glued the two pieces together.
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