8 Essential Design Rules for Mass Production 3D Printing

Should we modify the rule about wall thickness if using larger nozzles? Am using a .8mm for 90% of my prints - is Slant's Farm only using .4? If so what is the reasoning behind that?

curious, with the overhang couldn't the part shown just be rotated 180 degrees to become and under hang?

How would you recommend dealing with SHCS holes where the head side ends up needing to be printed down? Are sacrificial layers the best way to deal with these types of holes?

Your videos are amazing. I learn a lot of them. 👍

This 6 min video have more useful information than some hours long, just perfect

you can put text on a first layer, and I've done so for a print with around 77 parts, but it was VERY simple text and I used a single layer cavity that the second layer then fell into to create the contrast for the text, and this wasn't a dimensionally crucial part and the font I use for production 3d printing is picked specifically for the job.

Great video, I share your dream of applying a texture with 300 little circles to a part in Fusion without it crashing

Thanks for your very informative and clear presented Videos. I have already learnd a lot and improved my designs due to your tips! happy printing

Another awesome video, I appreciate the new formatting for your videos with some shorter form content to catch the eye and longer format content to extrapolate on the information further.
I have started again from the beginning of how I approach projects with a lot of your content in mind and it has made many things that are more practical than decorative come out with a more consistent result. I hope to see more in future and best of luck with your busy period.

Thank you for this concise video <3. That is very useful to memorize!

Great video!! I'm bookmarking this right away.

What infill would you recommend? I’ve been using gyroid ia lot but I could just be wasting material.

So the problem is...there are more times than not that you're not given the leeway to edit the design. So yes, still design for 3d print...but also...git gud at 3d printing.

you are becomming: 3ed printer god

Great video. This was a short summary of previous Design For 3D videos, but these concepts need to be stressed often.

Can you do a video on hiding layer lines please?

Great design summary video and reference to the "How-to Design for Mass Production 3D Printing" series playlist.
Including a link in the description would help viewers navigate too, instead of searching for the playlist.

It's a highlights reel of my favorite Slant3D videos. I'm surprised you didn't link them in the description.

Glad you got the photography for the fuzzy skin down! The example with the round enclosure from your other video really didnt do it justice

Thanks for giving back

The problem with mimizing first layer contact with the bed is reduced adhesion which is wanted for some parts for instance a cylinder shaft that is long and thin, you would want to make sure the ends of the shaft have a brim or something to hold it down or else the whole print will lift off pretty easily and tuning a printer to that specific setting will also be pretty time comsuming.

Nice visuals. Especially on the overhang section. Reduces ambiguity of the idea.

I love the tip about the texture on the side to hide layer lines. That's clever. Thank you.

The thin wall stuff drives me mad, i made a small circular hook on the side of a part, the hook's outside wall was deliberately made 1.2mm (2x nozzle width), so in theory it's two lines fusing nicely into the rest of part, right?

Cura does some nonsensical zhops on the inside then lays a 1mm wide turd of a half-circle at the hook's weakest point, the part that juts out

thanks so much your videos are super useful!

Big thanks for this - you're giving us Gold 👍

Is there a certain proportion to strive for when deciding what portion of the part sits on the bed? My product has a print in place hinge which really only gives me 2 options for how to place it on the bed and both have roughly the equivalent amount of surface area on the bed. That said, my preferred orientation is designed to increase strength in the direction at which it will be repeatedly hit. Yes, I’m aware that PLA with shatter eventually when hit repeatedly, which is why I’m printing it in TPU with different print configurations for the main body (stiffer denser infill and more walls) and the pivoting appendage (less dense and less walls for more flex as this is the part that will mostly get hit. Am I on the right track or am I missing something?

Your videos are very useful!
I really appreciate you, and the work that you've done for us (plus your team).
I'd like to support you in some way at a later date.
But for now, I am just a thankful watcher.
Thank you!

a 3d pixel is called a voxel

Awesome vid! You forgot to mention 30 degree peaks at the top of horizontal round holes :)

I really want to work at a place like slant. Mass production 3d printing is so cool

Do you use any bed adhesion products for the low contact parts? If so, can you share it? I'll understand if it's a trade secret.