If you think you have understood the 3D printing technology well, think again. While you evaluate your knowledge, you might come to know of the hoards of software, different materials to print, distinct kinds of 3D printers and all the more varied 3D printing technologies.
2. Disregarding The Material
Guidelines
Just as the character ‘A’ differs from ‘B’, each and every printing material differs a
great deal from its similar relative. Some of these are brittle, while the others tend to
be strong. Some are smooth, whereas others might be rough. Also, some could be
heavy, while there could be lighter ones too.
As of this, the model you design should always be according to the specific materials you use.
For instance, if you print ceramic 3D models, there are certain specific guidelines related to
inclinations and overhangs that you always need to adhere to.
Non-adherence to any such details could always be a hurdle to your path to
perfectness, and a grave mistake that should be avoided
3. Neglecting The Print Technology
Besides the print materials that differ a great deal, the printing
technologies too could be of various types. And ignoring the
technological aspects of 3D printing could always prove a costly affair
for you.
For instance, the materials such as Alumide, ABS, Rubber or Polyamide etc.
could be used to print interlocking parts, but this is certainly not possible with
metals such as Gold and silver, or Resin etc. Why? Not because of the
material, but due to the technology that is employed to print the same.
For ABS, the best technology available is ‘Fused Deposition Modeling’, while the
precious metals are printed using lost wax casting method. And while you do not
adhere to this, this could be a blunder to ruin your final 3D printed model.The Base
Material: This is used to construct the exteriors of the products
4. Overlooking The Thickness Of Wall
The Conductive Material: This is used to formulate circuitry (which is
generally the inside portion)
Do you know the most common reasons why some of the perfect 3D models are
not fit to be printed? It is because people commit mistakes by overlooking the
wall thickness of the printable objects.
If the walls are too thin, the printed products might be too fragile to allow quick rupture of
the product on slightest of pressure. Against this, if you print the walls too thick, the print
materials might suffer wastage. Also, thicker walls generate much of internal stresses,
which cause the product to break or crack.
5. Disregarding the File Resolution
Electronics are built secluded from the part fabrication procedure
You did everything alright: perfect printing materials,
immaculate technology, and even the wall thickness is
perfect. But wait. Did you ignore the file resolution? If yes,
you committed a big, big mistake.Electronics are built within
the part production process
In 3D Printing, we mostly employ the STL (Standard Triangle
Language) file format. This means that the designs we feed
would be translated to triangles within a 3D space. Many of the
3D modeling software facilitate the export of a 3D design to an
STL file and then position the desired resolution.
6. Not Adhering To The Software Guidelines
No matter it’s the best 3D printer you use to print the objects, if you
overlook the software guidelines, you are going nowhere.
There are hoards of 3D modeling software packages. Some of
these are designed to offer automatic results, while in some, you
would manually need to set the specifications. Graphene:
Graphene is a type of graphite that has high thermal and electric
conductivity. Plus, it is flexible, transparent and is highly suitable for
manufacturing the integrated circuitry in electronics.
For instance, some software might facilitate automatic application
of wall thickness, while in others, you need to set it manually,
before you offer it to your desktop 3D printer for printing.
Nanomaterials: These are the materials which contain particles of
some conductive materials such as conductive copper or silver in
nanoscale measurement. The inks are said to be highly conductive
in nature and promise various applications.