Metal Printing

My partners and I choose a ravioli press to print on the metal printer. The professor had given us the following restrictions on our designs to prevent the print from failing:

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• No bridging over 2 mm

• Maximum overhang is 0.5 mm anywhere

• The file size needs to be reasonable

• No angles over 45-degrees

• Maximum dimension of the part is 2 x 2 x 4 in

• Any horizontal holes are under 8 mm 

• All wall thicknesses are less than 2 mm

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Due to bridging issues, we designed the part as a teardrop so that it can be printed vertically. It was modeled on SolidWorks and sliced using Materialise.