The only way to get it to fit onto the H2D build volume was to print it on edge, tilted upward 45 degrees in both X and Y. Without supports it weighs about 1kg, so without supports it certainly would have fallen over under its own weight. For this particular print I had to recruit a forrest of trees, due to an apparent glitch in the slicer, but now that’s resolved and far fewer trees would be needed:
Printed in Sunlu HS-PETG at 40mm^3/sec max volumetric speed with a 0.4mm nozzle…
Printed new louvers for the vent fan in our subdivision’s pool building. Never used the pool but enjoyed this challenging print. Each louver was 400 mm wide, 140mm high. Printed on edge (~2.5 mm wide base) angled corner to corner to fit. Lots of supports, but quality was not much more than mediocre at the top. Added a screenshot to show a typical build plate arrangement, but neglected to take a picture of one on the build plate. Picture with the tape measure was an early print I didn’t use, needed more supports.
I also have problems, but getting all the painted tree supports I wanted to actually show up after slicing, Seems random, I would just keep adding more and reslicing till enough would show up after slicing.
That sounds exactly like what I was experiencing. Evidently it wasn’t just me after all… You may want to read the thread I linked to above and possibly add your own experience to that thread, so that others become aware and possibly add their own testimony too. If enough people testify to the same problem, then I would think the likelihood of it getting fixed goes up dramatically, because then its no longer easy to dismiss as possible “user error” or similar.
I’m still planning on printing those. Did you just use the provided settings, or did you tweak some stuff? And how did you mount the TPU spool? From an HT, or external?
It’s orange Prusament - I used a 2kg spool on an external spool holder to print the model in a giant size. I think my iPhone enhances the colors too much.
I used a Polymaker Polydryer on top of a shelf and used the tpu slot on the back of the H2D and just changed the tube inside to it as the directions on the back wall say to do. I didn’t think this would work since I saw a lot of people opening the top and mounting their dryer there to feed directly to the prints head but it worked! It worked great!
