Does anyone know where I can find details of Slic3r infill geometry?
I wish to print a cylinder as a replacement for the air bottle of a WWII era glider variometer (VSI). The original, which has rusted beyond reclaiming, was a hollow steel cylinder with a 5mm air pipe on the axis at one end. I intend to print a cylinder the same size (285 mm X 115mm diameter) and it occurs to me that if I use an infill whose cells are NOT airtight I can use a very thin outer wall, and not much infill, to make the cylinder both light and strong.
But Google as I will I can't find details of the exact structure of the various Slic3r infill patterns. I'm probably asking the wrong question, but can anyone either suggest the right infill or the right question(s), or point me to the right place to find the infill properties. Usual offer of a free beer* to the first person to provide a useful answer.
*But you have to come to my home in the New Forest (in Southern England) to claim it.
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Re: Does anyone know where I can find details of Slic3r infill geometry?
could you use spiral vase mode and have no fill?
regards Joan
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Don't think I can do it with Spiral Vase.
Good thought, but no. The original air bottle contained some sort of porous fill - don't know its exact function but suspect airflow damping - and I had hoped that a 5% fill with some connection between cells would perform much the same function and provide rigidity to a thin wall structure. (And, yes, I have thought about possible porosity of thin printed walls - I'll spray with acetone to seal 'em.)
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Re: Does anyone know where I can find details of Slic3r infill geometry?
Interesting.
While I don't have any details on the infill, you can use the preview mode and SEE them. (Move slider up and down to see.)
I think some of them can be seen all the way through. Note that the latest Slic3r has MANY more options, and a separate setting for the top and bottom infill sections.
An alternative to to make it a hollow cylinder with a 2mm hole in the center. That will let air through and be strong due to the inner walls.
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