Optimize Your 3D Printed Snap Fits for More Durability #3dprinting #3dprintingideas

Learn how to optimize your 3D printed snap fits for better strength and durability. We show you how to make minor but impactful design changes, and choose the best print orientations to enhance the integrity of your parts. We’ll explore why printing at specific angles can improve the strength of your clips and how to handle common overhang issues. Additionally, we’ll demonstrate the importance of adding fillets and chamfers to reduce stress points.

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[SojournerDidimus]

Now the ring can break easily, as it is laminated.

[Stoner]

Each video you guys put out gets better and more informative! I love it.

[Ratonhnaketon]

no one gonna talk about the best hip hop beat in history

[tnargje]

‘Design for manufacture’, is the concept you’re essentially looking for here

[JTordur]

To really make it strong, you could print it in two parts, each with its own layer orientation, and glue or snap the parts together. That way you can avoid weakness due to layer orientation

[trumplovesyou]

Thanks for the tips. This is why i subscribed.

[_tours]

I started 3d printing back in the reprap days. I built mine from home depot parts. I remember lying on the ground staring at it forever while making sure it would put down the first layer perfectly. Back then we got our body parts from other users that printed them and sold them on eBay. These videos are making my printer more sturdy. I appreciate them. One other thing I do is just print in 100 percent infill. Even then these still break if the part is under a lot of stress. So these videos are awesome!

[Krigalishnikov]

It's so weird that I like these types of videos even though I never saw 3D printer in person or something 3D printed

[hcd]

Great advice, clever solution. Avoiding supports by using 45 degree angles helps a lot. With curves, there will be support issues which are not present with 45 degree angles.

[nxy]

Ill continue printing exactly as everyone would do because i Print in a hot chamber with Abs.

The layer athesion is so good that this problem is simply not there. If it Breaks its across 3-5 layers. And ofc its weak because the Part is small, it just comes down to the application. Mostly it just works perfectly fine. The issue is the biggest with pla or petg when using a Part cooling Fan (or in my case - voron v2 and my Micron in the hot chamber) cranking it.

[tompittmtb]

What I have learnt with FDM is to get the most out of a part you really need to design to your printers capability. A lot of the time I make choices based on how the feature will print and where the strain is and try to avoid strain in delaminating areas where possible.

[tigga]

Glad to see Shapr gets some love - best programm imo🗿

[Cyromantik]

One could also print at a higher resolution, with ironing. It's a slower print, but yields dividends in strength.

[Wink-Wright]

This would put this part at risk of delaminating the ring at midway up the coupling.

I guess it doesn't matter if this is on the end of something larger.

[KNnY_G]

Idk what made anyone go "Y'know what'd be good background music for this? Shook Ones Pt.2 instrumental."

... But they weren't wrong.

[asldfkjgl]

I designed exactly this kind of button for a replacement part and had this issue. Thanks

[autismo]

Printing the part at 45* although difficult and requires a lot of supports causes a good middle ground on the layer durability in both vertical and horizontal directions.

[mszoomy]

I wish more people; designers, creators, printers, would understand this

[adamfisher]

That's genius. I have had issues coming up snap fit joints with my final project in CAD class. This helped, awesome content.

[VisibleMRJ]

Apart from 3d printing services I think you could gather all the techniques and sell it as ebooks or something