10 Secret 3D Printing Tricks Only Experts Know...

"As a engineer who has been 3D printing for 7 years these are some amazing tips. I wish I had when I was first getting started and that chain idea is actually new to me and glad I watched!" - Mathew Gonzalez • (April 2023)

Happy printing!
-Steven

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Favorite printer: @BambuLab X1 Carbon
Favorite filament: Bambu Lab filament

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[MrQnter]

Misleading title. The video is about Fusion 360.

[goatmodegaming]

Me who learned Blender because I thought Fusion 360 was super expensive 👁️ 👄 👁️

[matgggg]

As a engineer who has been 3D printing for 7 years these are some amazing tips. I wish I had when I was first getting started and that chain idea is actually new to me and glad I watched!

[carlp]

The most informative tip was that fusion 360 was free for personal use. I tried blender, but didn't understand it, so I've been using tinkercad this whole time.

[imst]

A "live hinge" is a hinge made from a single solid piece of material.

[cracktact]

I always love seeing the Hilbert curve in slicers for infill. I can’t say I know of a more satisfying tool path to watch.

[Aanaartu]

As a beginner with my first printer, these are some golden tips. I have background in industrial design but no real skills or knowledge engineering, apart from what I've got from school, so these are really useful things to know. I did not realize one can print chains in place!

[sed]

I would love to see that donut remixed with the threads on top and the sleeve on the bottom, that way your contents don't get crushed or displaced when you screw the top on.

[bernardtarver]

0:50 I'd prefer that you create a slicer modifier in Fusion. That way, you have more flexibility in strengthening a part (e.g., infill %, # of perimeters, perimeter width, etc.).

[tillthiemann]

If you want your part to be stronger, add extra perimeters on the outside. The further away your material is from the center of gravity, the stronger your part.

[frankhan]

0:52 or you could do an extra wall using cura "modify setting for overlaps" to change the wall and in fill, settings to create an extra wall inside the object without cutting the original model.

[MikeyJBlakeJR]

I don't even 3d print but I love watching these. Good stuff!

[Shoshk]

POINT 4 OFFSET? That's waaay too much for a well calibrated printer. 0.1mm for a snug fit 0.2 for a loose fit.

[CreativeMindstorms]

This was really helpful!
These tips will make my life so much better lol!

[mjstow]

I learned some cool stuff.... and that's a groovy marble machine. Thanks for sharing.

[TwoTreesStudio]

experts aren't running 0.4mm tolerances lmao

[golf]

A note on the pinhole: in that scenario, the extra material is doing very little for you in most cases. For a lot of the stresses you deal with, focusing on the shell/wall will be the best use of material. For most people: just increase walls and infill unless you know what you are doing. If you want to learn more, look up basic “strength of materials” or “mechanical engineering design” courses, there are some decent intro courses on YT.

[ReclaimerStudios]

Great video! I never knew about the gear add ins! Thanks! Also, for print-in-place prints how do you export seperate objects together in one STL file from fusion 360?

[jplummer]

The "print in place live hinge" is not a live hinge. It's a hinge, sure, but "live hinge" refers to a flexure, a single part that bends in a specific location.

[Une_fourmis_dans_lunivers]

Woooow so sympathic, there was some questions I had and nobody answer me and you juste gived me all answers I need 😊