How do I print a Y nozzle

emilyc · 2017-08-29T00:47:04.000Z

Hi Benson,

Thank you for taking the troubling to check my drawings.

I’m sorry I don’t really understand the steps you took to make the Y nozzle using shell command.

1. Drew a Y

2. Drew a circle OD: 31 mm, followed by a hollow extrusion - done for each plane

3. Trim

4. Thicken surface: 1 mm (in my previous stl file I did 2 mm)

5. Directly print to stl

If you don’t mind, I have done a step-by-step how I drew the nozzle in Inventor.

I am beginning to suspect if my trimming is incorrect.

If you have time, appreciate if you could tell me where I did wrong.

Thank you so much.
y_nozzle.pdf (244 KB)

chanman · 2017-08-29T20:41:22.000Z

Looks like you are also using inventor.

Here are my steps

1. create solid cylinder (revolve a rectangle around the Z axis)

2. Use the XZ Plane and create a new axis off the center of the first cylinder and the angle desired

3. Create a rectangle off the new axis and revolve a new cylinder

4. repeat for the third cylinder

5. Use the Shell command under 3D Model and pick the three flat planes of the nozzle, the planes that you pick will be the openings. Set the shell thickness that you want the wall thickness to be.

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emilyc · 2017-08-30T05:56:33.000Z

Thank you so much for the steps.

I will try this soon:)

emilyc · 2017-09-08T03:56:36.000Z

Hello,

I just want to update you that your method of drawing the Y nozzle gives me a good printing when printed by the 3d printer.

I believe the using Shell is the correct way, and not using Trim command.

Thank you again for helping me out.

Take care.