Image Yeah, you’re right. How do I make it go in parallel lines? I’m using Creality Print, btw.
Comment on Why does my overhang/bridge look so bad? Isn't this small enough to be done better?
HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 day ago
It would help if you showed how it looks in the slicer.
But from the photo it looks like it made the bridge in a circular way instead of in parallel lines. If you can make the bridging go strictly in parallel lines from top to bottom, it should turn out better.
nieceandtows@programming.dev 1 day ago
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It looks to me like that’s not a flat area. That’s why it’s not using parallel lines. If you want good bridging it must be flat.
piranhaphish@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
This is the answer.
Alternatively, use supports.
Vorpal@programming.dev 16 hours ago
I would go back to your CAD model and tweak it for better printability. If it was a model you downloaded and without a source CAD model I would just remodel it myself to be more printable.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
See if you can change the number of bottom layers or the bottom layer pattern to get a different result.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 day ago
Honestly, I just keep changing all sorts of settings until it does what I want. Sometimes even layer height can affect bridge behaviour.
But first thing I’d do is to rotate the piece by 90° and see if the thin bridges that you can see behind the thick curved ones, change their orientation to be short instead of long.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
It’s kind of crazy that slicers still attempt to make something like curved bridges.
I had a 300mm long part with a 10mm wide slit in it along the length of it, no matter what I did (bridge setting or part orientation), the slicer insisted to create the bridges for that slit parallel to the long direction, attempting a 300mm unsupported bridge, instead of orthogonal so it was only 10mm bridges.