Gyroid infill tests
I liked the look of the gyroid infill, so I did some testing to see just how strong it was.
https://laplacean.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/gyroid-infill-tests/
Turns out it’s stronger than 3d honeycomb at around 4/5ths the weight, and with a shorter print time. It’s my new favourite infill.
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How do you enable gyroid infill?
Most of the time, I head straight to Prusa Control because it is so easy. Or maybe it is because I am lazy. There are times where it is worth the effort of using different slicers.
Steve
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Slic3r -> print settings -> infill.
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Slic3r -> print settings -> infill.
could you be a little more specific, i'm not seeing it. ah no wonder you are using an alpha build. that makes more sense.
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As of now, it is only part of our alpha
https://github.com/prusa3d/Slic3r/releases/tag/version_1.40.0-alpha1
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I'm guess the Gyroid infill gonna be my favorite infill for transparent filaments 😉
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I'm guess the Gyroid infill gonna be my favorite infill for transparent filaments 😉
I'm guessing the Gyroid infill gonna be my favorite infill for everything.
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One thing that stands out to me, while watching it, is that it seems that it can be printed really fast. That smooth curve back and forth seems to works very well with printers.
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An another Gyroid infill porn 😎
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I've wonder what would happen if i removed perimeters altogether so i tried it with the gyroid infill.
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Cool. Is it strong?
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Cool. Is it strong?
I believe so, but I haven't had the chance to test it out yet. It was discovered/invented by MIT students trying to recreate graphene's strength, and supposedly does a pretty good job. It also looks really cool, which, while not functionally relevant, is a bonus.
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Yes, it's strong, but also heavier then the same object printed with 2 perimeters. It ended up with a lot of solid infill for the front face which didn't happen with the perimeters.
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It seems that the geometry is very efficient at loading up all of it but it makes it very brittle because as soon as part of it fails, it cascades a lot. I'm however interested in seeing how that geometry behaves with more ductile materials, if it can also make all of the material yield at the same time,