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Optimizing Infill Space for a CADet
cody_hoffmann
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Good day all,
Wondering what a more experienced person would do to optimize the infill space on a cat bowl I was designing.
34 percent of the 3D print time on a slicer program is dedicated to infill. I will experiment with how thin I can get the shells later, but for now I need to expand my skills enough to be able to hollow how the underside of the bowl.
Would you happen to have an idea? Please let me know. Apologies for the crude drawing, it doesn't do such a powerful software service, but you get the idea.
Thanks kindly,
Cody
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Model the lower part as a solid and then use a shell.
Hi Wayne,
I haven't had the opportunity to use Enclose yet, so this will be developmental for me. Would you be able to identify why I cannot get these dimensions to define as a solid? I figure if I can get the bottom part separated, we can shell the top easy enough, no?
I think you need to create a fill surface on the bottom opening (that might even create a solid automatically, I'm not sure…)
I don't think your using enclose properly. probably good idea to go to the learning onshape site and study/review that function. To accomplish what you want with the starting point you gave I'd use a shell function set to the thickness where the blue arrows are and pick the two surfaces where the red arrows are. For future reference if you know you are going to hollow something out like that you don't need to model the inside of that cavity at all.