Can You Print This?

Designing parts that actually print.

Episodes in this series

Can You Print This? #01

Same overhang, two results: why chamfers print and fillets droop

Both arms overhang the same 20 mm. The left underside is a 45° chamfer, the right one a fillet. The fillet becomes almost horizontal near th…

Can You Print This? #02

Droopy sideways holes? Teardrop holes fix them (no supports)

Round holes that lie sideways print with a droopy ceiling: the top quarter of the circle hangs flatter than 45°, so the last layers are prin…