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Orienting parts for strength

Orienting parts for strength

From the course: Additive Manufacturing: Troubleshoot 3D Prints

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Orienting parts for strength

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- [Instructor] A 3D print is laid up one layer at a time. Typically the print is going to be much stronger within a layer than it is between layers. Layers are not bonded to each other as strongly as is the plastic within a layer. This movie, we'll talk about how to orient your print to make it as strong as possible. We're going to walk through the example shown here of one piece printed in three different orientations and then destruction test those pieces. These are parts for purposes of discussion that are made to loosely resemble a part you'd use to attach a small motor to a surface parallel to it. We haven't included this part because it's designed poorly on purpose to make a point. First, let's look at just one of these parts in cura. It is by default laying flat on the platform which we would think would be an optimal orientation for printing. It has no significant overhangs or unsupported parts except for the small…

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