Post by usuallyvexed in DiceMaker comments

Viewing post in DiceMaker comments

First this application is just great. It makes dice making fun and easy. Thank you!

Next I have a question...

I am relatively new to 3D resin printing and fully admit the problem I have may be something I am doing, but thought I'd ask anyway...

I have noticed that the 3 D6 dice I have printed all has the same deformity. I chose to make the D6 16mm, I then choose to have the fin supports generated and use the default orientation. This orientation places a corner of the dice that is common to the 3, 5 and 6 faces at the bottom. I then chose to use a lighter contact width, 0.15 mm. I then chose to also use a thinner connection width, 0.25mm. I did this hoping to make removing the supports easier and cleanup easier.

What I end up with is a slight deformity with that corner, like it was slightly stretched, less than a mm. But, the really weird thing to me is that all 3 of D6s I printed have the same deformity at the same location and dimensions.

I am using an ANYCUBIC MONO 4K, with their basic resin and an exposure time of 6s.

Has anyone else seen this problem?

I am going to go back and try using the default values for the fin supports as well.

thanks.

LabyrinthDice1 year ago

Hi there, fellow dice maker here! the D6 is notorious for being difficult to print. make sure to dial in your exposure settings, 6s is pretty high for the mono 4k. I run siraya tech fast at about 2.2-2.8 seconds.

you can try a resin exposure test file, check out tutorials on youtube

usuallyvexed1 year ago (1 edit)

Thank you, I did try everything at default, including 2s exposure with 0.05mm layer height and had the same deformation... it looks like that vertex that is the base of the orientation still gets stretched.

I am going to try orienting on an edge with a 45 degree angel with supports along the bottom and up the 4 edges of the V. I will use the 2s exposure still, make sure I have a raft. I am using CHITUBOX as the slicer at this point. Not sure that really is going to make a huge difference.

By the way, have you noticed and deformities with the die you have printed?

thank you for your reply very much appreciated.

usuallyvexed1 year ago

Well that did not work.

Tried the first phase of the exposure test, it looks good.

Now trying the whole exposure test, fingers crossed.

itch.io

Viewing post in DiceMaker comments