Random Builds and Performing 3D Prints of Them/From Bolts to Boxes

[silver2row]

Okay and Hey There,

I built a box today for holding parts (partially). I was going to run out of filament. I stopped the print.

Anyway, the square box printed quickly or was printing quickly while it printed. Now, I made a bolt.

For some reason, the bolt in .stl format prints very slow. The box in .stl format prints quickly.

I have both settings the same while printing. Speed, infill, and other options are all the same for round objects and square/rectangular objects. I think there is something with the way the source code in Alibre Atom3D keeps formatting the .stl files as exports for threaded fasteners more slowly while non-fastener/non-threaded part exports are working as dictated by the slicer programs.

Could it be Alibre Atom3D or the slicer software that is exposing this difference in speed and accuracy with one thing that is different? The one thing that is different is the threaded section of a cylinder.



That is what I printed. It took over an hour for some reason with the printer moving slowing due to the exported .stl from Alibre or the slicer from Creality. I am just not sure what is happening behind the scenes right now with what I cannot confirm.

If this new feature in Atom3d is the culprit, speak about it please or just let me know what I can do to change the bolt reproduction in Alibre Atom3d for exporting the builds. This way, I can try to speed up the process. If it is not Atom3d and the new bolt threads feature, okay. I understand.

I will reach out to the slicer community at Creality.

 

[silver2row]

Okay.

So, it is an option in the slicer I was goofing with during changing filaments a year back or so... Odd. Sorry to bother you guys with this idea.

 

[DReece]

Use step files instead of Stl.

 

[silver2row]

Yeppers. I think I have found an issue. I have tried .stl and .stp files with different builds to test out random components made by Alibre Atom3D.

The issue is sometimes an issue with the base layer to the top layer. I can get my build to support the hexagonal Boss Extrusion and then as soon as it hits the threading, it slows down to a quarter of the speed.

I am not quite sure why this is subtle and still prevalent. Both, separate formatted files are exported and used to build test parts.

Mostly cylinders with or without threading keeps the builds to prevail slowly while squares, rectangles, cubes, and hexagonal shapes seem to build at the listed speed from bottom to top.

I will keep trying. I am not 100% sure it is the slicer since the hex head of the bolt seems to print quickly and then the cylinder with or without threads slows down considerably.