At the risk of opening a can of worms… I’m new to 3D printing and still learning. But I would appreciate feedback from those more experienced about which type of Infill is recommended for balancing the amount of filament used and strength; something middle-of-the-road.
As a beginner it is quite easy: Use gyroid (15%) in all cases.
Yes, grid is a little bit faster and is working in most case quite well. But gyroid is the infill, you do not have to think about.
If you want to deep dive more into this topic, have a look at my infill swatches: Infill Swatches with Flipping Swatch Box by Fr33labMakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models (including the last two new ones). The selection is very depending on your model and your need.
Thanks for the recommendation…
Just so happens I compared Gyriod & Grid on one of my projects. Studio indicated Gyriod would take 2hrs longer (6 vs 4). The difference was more than I expected but not too surprised given the design of both.
Well, if you have such an increase, your model seems to have a lot of infill. For a cube of 100x100x100mm gyroid will increase the printing time by 3h, which is nearly the double.
However, most models does not have such an amount of infill, as this is filament waste. For example, a big part of the cube could be just empty, instead of wasting filament here.
But yes, in this case I would recommend another infill, e.g. the default grid, rectilinaer or the new zig zag. However, it really depends on the model, the filament you are using and the physical attributes your product requires. Do you have link to the model?
Thank you again for info on the different infills… don’t have a link to the model as it is still in prototype phase (which is why the increased print time was a concern). Going forward I will use grid or similar infill during prototype prints and then switch to something like Gyriod for production print.
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Remind, that if you are thinking about your infill pattern, the percentage of the infill makes a huge difference. Pro protoytping you can easily go down to 6-8%.
Oh, had not thought of that… was using same infill % for both prototype and production.