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I have a print that is using too much material for what it is. The file is on my page if you have any suggestions please send me a message. Thank you.

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Try to reduce the infill to 20/25% this is actualy the minimum infill

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Can some one take a look @ this stl file and see what I can do to reduce the material. Maybe the scale is wrong? I am using SketchUp 2015. Any advise would be greatly accepted.
cellphone dock3333.stl (357 KB)

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With 15% infil i come out on 239,8 gr of filament. You could lower the bas and thickness of the structure to reduce filament use

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Did it work out?

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Hey there,

Really, the only answer is to reduce the infill by an appreciable amount. The base alone is like 135g. You could also consider printing it hollow with a thick wall ( say 6 layers ) so that the base is the only bit that’s actually hollow and fill that with plaster or epoxy. It would be more stable too as the base would be heavier.

Attached a repaired file. Some of the faces seem to have become flipped. I find that SketchUp has a habit of doing this. Might not be a bad idea for you to become familiar with Netfabb in case this happens again.

Happy printing!

Andy
cellphone dock3333 flipped.stl (129 KB)

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