Now what to do with a kinda finished project? How to try to print it.

carlos_berdeal

So I have been working on this. How do I make an STL File to try to print it? I seem to be missing something. Sorry for the ignorant question!

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f511b651667f1d53e8af53fc/w/ee9e553e3bb853edec03d8d7/e/53f87ea7fb6b3f0c173a769a

tim_hess427

Take a look at the help documentation for exporting: https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/exporting-files.htm

steve_shubin

@carlos_berdeal

What to do with a kind of finished part ?

First off, it’s an interesting looking part. You’ve done a lot of good work on it

But, I’d take the time to at least bring symmetry to one sketch in particular to eliminate the facets

If you rotate around your part while in shaded view, it appears faceted in areas, at least to a certain degree.

It’s more than just a good thing, to use symmetry, and to make your sketches fully constrained

michael3424

That looks like a difficult part to make with FDM printers.  Might be easier with a resin or SLA printer.  Which one were you planning to use?

steve_shubin

@carlos_berdeal

Here is an easy way to make the sketch

1) Sketch a vertical line in the center that is .08 in length
2) Then use the SLOT tool to select that line
3) specify the width of the slot to be .46

carlos_berdeal

@steve_shubin Thank you so much for this tip. I have only been working with 3d modeling a little over a month now. There is a lot to learn.
Thank you again for your help.

carlos_berdeal

@michael3424 I just received the Peopoly Phenom L. It might be to big for this part but I will know in 4 hours from now how it went down.

carlos_berdeal

@michael3424 I just receievd the peopoly phenom L

michael3424

carlos_berdeal said:

@michael3424 I just receievd the peopoly phenom L

That should print the part nicely, assuming the printer has a large enough work envelope.  Good luck with it!

carlos_berdeal

@steve_shubin I am trying this but it seems to be the wrong size Am I doing something wrong? You can see it on Sketch 7.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/478fccebaf32e3a5319da927/w/d2ae40f4591e9f89c795639e/e/e00b35fd8035ee78f7e7d418?renderMode=0&uiState=617c22a9e38b9e0dd5a4901a

steve_shubin

@carlos_berdeal

New Nipple has a larger diameter than Manny’s Nipple had

So you need to increase the width of the slot to match that of the diameter of your new nipple

steve_shubin

@carlos_berdeal

And using the slot tool, makes it easy to modify the LENGTH latter on

steve_shubin

@carlos_berdeal

Another place you could use the slot tool

steve_shubin

@carlos_berdeal

I've constrained the width of the slot to the circular diameter
So if you change one of the dimensions circled in red, your slot width will change accordingly

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/4e972c48b7fd3f6f57d0b132/w/ad38dc5adcc779078c326972/e/4acc5a939ab05f61f2f1be6f

carlos_berdeal

@steve_shubin Wow that slot tool is great. I will try this once again.