Hello all, I have been reading as much as I can on printing infill. Maybe I’m missing the right Topic, or I just don’t get it. But, here’s what I’m trying to figure out.
With an X1C that has white in slot #1 - black in slot #2 - red in slot #3 - and baby poop green in slot #4. My print is only using white, black, and red with 6 walls. With the baby poop green, I want to use it as infill that can’t be seen when the print is finished. Is there a way to use the baby poop green only as an infill? If so, How?
I’m guessing you are looking for a way to use up filament you won’t be using otherwise?
If there is a way to do infill in a different color (don’t know), a side effect would be an added filament swap each layer for as much of the model where you do this. It adds a huge amount of time and at least a fair amount of waste. I always try to confine filament swaps for other colors to just a few layers if possible because of that.
If it’s your design, you might be able to make the infill region into a separate component in your CAD program so it could be assigned a different color. May or may not work. Haven’t tried it.
But lots of color changes are expensive in time and plastic.
Thanks for the reply MZip. Yes it is to use up “■■■■ filament”. I’m aware and don’t mine the amount of color swaps or extra time. I’m not experienced with any cad programs per say, I mess around with Sketchup a little. Creating a separate component in a CAD program would be my best bet if I could learn more about it. Any suggestions on programs or tutorials?
That will only work (if it works) if you are drawing up the part in the first place. It’s more involved with other peoples’ models if it’s possible at all.
But if you start drawing your own models and test printing them, you’ll need filament anyway. Good luck!
Theres a few threads here about CAD recommendations and there are a number of good choices. Probably much better information than I can give you.
Along with CAD, you may want to look into vector drawing programs. They each have their place and purpose but if working up stuff with graphic elements, vector drawing can really help.
My personal lineup is Fusion (CAD) with Inkscape and Coreldraw for vector drawing. For paint-based stuff or dealing with bitmapped images it’s Gimp.
