Thanks from me too Dale, I now have that site duly book marked.by RegB - 3D Design tools
I stumbled across a lynda tutorial on shelling, until then I thought that you ALWAYS had to specify a surface from which to "hollow it out". The tutorial is quite specific on this; If you don't specify a face from which to shell the whole object becomes hollow. I haven't tried it, so this is FWIW, etc.by RegB - 3D Design tools
I think when you build your machine (of whatever design) you will appreciate how very, very hard it is to perfect the printing process. Tuning, calibration, call it what you will, it takes a LOT of time and experimentation to get anywhere near perfection with these machines and to contain flammable materials you CANNOT have leaks due to delamination, weakness between layers, potential splitting dby RegB - 3D Design tools
QuoteAntslake QuoteRegB Personally I find it quite disturbing that (given the current maturity of the state of this art) you are using a 3D printer to make a fuel cell. My own prints are fair to reasonable, but the thought of a delaminated wall in any part of a fuel cell scares the heck out of me. For this application you NEED PERFECTION and I think we're "not there yet" Do KNOW that a spoonfulby RegB - 3D Design tools
QuoteAntslake The person who did the original scan came through and shelled it for me no charge. He didn't have to do that either. Only thing is I do not know how he did it, so if I should need to change the thickness of the shell, I would be lost. I don't think he had to remove the tabs to shell it. He also combined the location of the holes in the tank that I needed. So hopefully now I can makeby RegB - 3D Design tools
From my VERY LIMITED nowledge of Solidworks... I think NormandC has the right approach. I would try reducing it to the main body and shell that, then put all the mounting tabs and other bits back on. You can probably validate the approach by sketching up something conceptually similar that "shouldn't" be shellable.by RegB - 3D Design tools
I think you do need SOME infill, 20% may do it, perhaps even 15. How do they print with Cura or Skeinforg ?by RegB - Slic3r
QuoteFeign All these people using SolidWorks and Inventor for free. Sometimes I wish I weren't so honest. I'm trying to use Blender and Autodesk 123D Design, but more often find myself using Meshmixer and Wings3D, because they're so lightweight and easy to just pop open and mess around with on my laptop. Blender isn't IDEAL, but it is free. There is a tutorial series that takes you through theby RegB - 3D Design tools