I think it depends on the kind of model and the difficulty of it. Anyway I would always recommend to export individuals so if you want to modify it some point after you would need to print less. Also joining is very easy, but dividing in parts isn’t that easy…
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As a 20 years AEC modeler, and now modeling specifyc items for 3d printing, I would say that first thing you must to do is to verify that your scale model is 3d printer friendly. Your printer. It means what is your printer minimum capacity features dimensions on XY axes. 0.4mm?, 0.6 mm?. So be careful on what will not be possible to be printed at the choosen scale. I know mine is 0.4, what is a only one extruder trayectory, but it is very very fragile, some pieces broke when using. So for me, minimum is 0.8 what means two extruded filaments width
Print separate items/files. If electricity goes down while printing, think where things would go… It happens to me a time when I was printing many items at one time, and by night light gone down…
It depend of the complexity of your model and the rendering scale. And how big is the final model. You have to ask the printer s who can answering you to benefit of the best printing service.
Bonjour,
vous pouvez exporter en un seul fichier STL votre projet , tout dépend de la taille de votre impression 3D car si votre modèle est trop grand c’est mieux de recevoir plusieurs éléments pour les assembler ensemble par la suite
Cordialement
Well, if you are planning to print it in one whole piece, then you can export to.stl at once (whole 3d model). But if your model has several colors or to avoid supports and overhang then you might want to export your model to .STL part by part and upload those .STLs to your slicing software to print. Later on you can assemble those parts with certain glue.
Hope it helps.
Cheers,
I3D
Not at all, 1 file is recommended if the parts touch each others. Otherwise, the quote might be edited to reflect handling fees, etc.
Regards
Are you referring to the individual parts of the building or multiple buildings? If you have a single building then you should turn off any layers you do not wish to be printed then save the stl. With multiple buildings it is best to print them separately to all the provider to pack them efficiently in the print space.
We will be happy to work with you on this. We do excellent work with architecture
It is generally dependent on what printer type you intent to print using, however, my experience is that nothing substitutes combining all individual geometries into a singular “watertight” .stl model. This is not what designers want to hear but it is best practice and the only way to ensure quality control.
i print with multiple files to enhance quality, because flat prints get better resluts and also most of the time models are large then the max print dimensions
so you have to split the model
Hi Alvin, depends on how you want it printed, you might separate into sections rather than multiple files,
you want to have as much contact with the base (flat is best) and as little overhangs and supports as possible
post a pic and we can let you know how best to print it
14 days later
Split into separate floors would be best.
Chris
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