Doggy Keychains

Manufacturing

This cute little dog was a real nightmare to print en masse.

The model starts with a brim that holds the 4 legs together to prevent them from falling over mid print.

If that doesn't work you can always change the Retraction settings. Increasing Retraction height makes the nozzle less likely to knock over the printed parts.

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The belly is not printed thoroughly without support, so the printing time can be up to 4 hours per keychain. To reduce the time AND keep the serif font detailed on the back of the model you should check adaptive layerheight. This will adjust the layer height according to the curvature of the model. Fine details are then printed with a finer layer height.

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However, that was not enough to make the letters clearly legible. For best results, you can increase the horizontal expansion. That way, the narrow letters don't fill up when the nozzle strikes down the next layer.

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