Experimental new infill pattern - Gyroid
Posted by Quintox303
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Experimental new infill pattern - Gyroid March 02, 2018 10:09AM |
I tested out an experimental version of Slic3r PE with Gyroid infill enabled, and it came out absolutely amazing. I think this infill pattern could be one of the best for strength, not to mention that it looks incredible on its own.
I made a video about it here if any of you are interested: [youtu.be]
And I'll have a video with strength testing coming soon
I can't wait to see how far this goes!
I made a video about it here if any of you are interested: [youtu.be]
And I'll have a video with strength testing coming soon
I can't wait to see how far this goes!
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Re: Experimental new infill pattern - Gyroid March 06, 2018 03:30PM |
Really don't see this as a "good" infill, as there's considerable start/stops and bridging to complete the structure.
Yea, if terminated at aesthetic surface boundries it looks cool.
Compared to linear infill it will be not as good for creating flat ceilings, as a linear grid provides a more stable support.
Besides, unless the structural analysis turns out to be magically superior, it's pretty much widely agreed shells (perimeter thickness) has a larger impact on print strength than infill.
Here's a gif from wiki:
[en.wikipedia.org]
As you can see, it's not always sinusoidal.
Yea, if terminated at aesthetic surface boundries it looks cool.
Compared to linear infill it will be not as good for creating flat ceilings, as a linear grid provides a more stable support.
Besides, unless the structural analysis turns out to be magically superior, it's pretty much widely agreed shells (perimeter thickness) has a larger impact on print strength than infill.
Here's a gif from wiki:
[en.wikipedia.org]
As you can see, it's not always sinusoidal.
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Re: Experimental new infill pattern - Gyroid March 07, 2018 01:44AM |
This gif is hypnotic 
A infill should be drawn in one line without retractions or travels. But this looks so cool, I have to print someting with it.
Just like my "voronoi"-collection..
A infill should be drawn in one line without retractions or travels. But this looks so cool, I have to print someting with it.
Just like my "voronoi"-collection..
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Re: Experimental new infill pattern - Gyroid March 07, 2018 08:44AM |
I did make some prints with this slic3r version last night. Both in carbon fibre petg one with perimeters and one without.
They are both extremely strong, the cube with perimeters (3 walls, 3 top and bottom) is 40x40x20 and is so strong I cannot dent it using finger pressure at all. It prints faster than cubic.
Just to pick up on a couple of comments in this thread,
1) infill should be one line, no starts and stop. Well gyroid as its implemented here infills in one continuous line as best it can. However cubic infill is only so much stronger as it does intersect itself within a layer.
2) Bridges, the gyroid infill does not bridge it branches, of a fashion.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/07/2018 08:47AM by DjDemonD.
Simon Khoury
Co-founder of [www.precisionpiezo.co.uk] Accurate, repeatable, versatile Z-Probes
Published:Inventions
They are both extremely strong, the cube with perimeters (3 walls, 3 top and bottom) is 40x40x20 and is so strong I cannot dent it using finger pressure at all. It prints faster than cubic.
Just to pick up on a couple of comments in this thread,
1) infill should be one line, no starts and stop. Well gyroid as its implemented here infills in one continuous line as best it can. However cubic infill is only so much stronger as it does intersect itself within a layer.
2) Bridges, the gyroid infill does not bridge it branches, of a fashion.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/07/2018 08:47AM by DjDemonD.
Simon Khoury
Co-founder of [www.precisionpiezo.co.uk] Accurate, repeatable, versatile Z-Probes
Published:Inventions
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Re: Experimental new infill pattern - Gyroid March 07, 2018 09:22AM |
*UFF* It's almost like meeting someone in person you only know from her facebook fotos.
What was the infill-%? Maybe it gets better with higher infill.
I'm sure they are working on a better implementation.
What was the infill-%? Maybe it gets better with higher infill.
I'm sure they are working on a better implementation.
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Re: Experimental new infill pattern - Gyroid March 07, 2018 09:26AM |
Don't you like the look of her? She's strong and beautiful on the outside, pretty harsh to judge someone by the looks of their internals. 
Simon Khoury
Co-founder of [www.precisionpiezo.co.uk] Accurate, repeatable, versatile Z-Probes
Published:Inventions
Simon Khoury
Co-founder of [www.precisionpiezo.co.uk] Accurate, repeatable, versatile Z-Probes
Published:Inventions
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Re: Experimental new infill pattern - Gyroid March 07, 2018 04:57PM |
A few "thin" gyroid prints reveal the same issue with bidging, mind you this is not using any infill plugin, just STLs.
If the shape was slightly altered so the bridges were at rising 45 angles, rather than round, it would knit better...
If the shape was slightly altered so the bridges were at rising 45 angles, rather than round, it would knit better...
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