3D Printing tips and tricks

• Use 3MF format for printing when possible
• Filaments:
      – PLA  for tests and aesthetic parts
      – PETG for some mechanical strength and durability
      – ABS/ASA for more rigidity
      – TPU for flexible parts (prints extremely slow)
• More Walls/Perimeters for strength (up to around 7)
• More infill for Stiffness (up to around 50%)
• As little support as possible
    – on flat spots snug supports
    – on irregular shapes tree supports
• Use a brim for small parts or parts that could fall over, it improves bed adhesion
• Small chamfers on all edges make the print look way nicer
        

Additional Resources

• Printables (Printable Models)
• Thingiverse (Printable Models)
• GrabCAD Library (Reference 3D-Models of lots of things)
• Useful Files