Comment on STL vs Modifier quality

• kbob@chaos.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  @Blue_Morpho I usually make decals 3 layers thick. That puts some color behind the surface color, and it helps. With a layer height of 0.2, I'd extrude the decal into the object 0.6mm deep.

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh cool! You’ve done decals? Have you ever seen the same issue where Orca’s SVG modifiers create perfect filament paths compared to the gcode it creates for STL/Step file geometry?

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    • kbob@chaos.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      @Blue_Morpho I don't use Orca; I use PrusaSlicer. I haven't really compared the two ways to decal, no. I haven't had problems with bad slicing.

      You can also try exporting a .STEP file from Fusion. .STEP retains even more information about your intent than .3mf.

      .stl: just triangle meshes
      .3mf: triangles + assembly
      .STEP: BREP (solids, faces, edges, etc.)

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