WS2 activity 3-superslicer-brim, skirt and raft

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• learning goal:
  • after this activity, student is expected to learn what is brim, skirt and raft. and how to use them
• tasks
  • follow the https://all3dp.com/2/3d-printing-raft-brim-and-skirt-all-you-need-to-know/ to learn the difference between skirt, brim and raft
  • screenshot of slicing the arm
  • print one arm with the skit and another with the raft, and add skirt to one of them
  • take photo of the two arms
  • upload the screenshot and photos on confluence
• reference
• g1_74_H2_1_v8_16h_5_gear2_arm_2.stl (178.7 KB)
• procedure
  • check the brim first

• according to the size of the printing object, you can change the width of the brim to make sure the object can be attached on the heating bed. for the arm, we suggest you to use 5mm

• you can also adjust the numbers of the skirt loop, usually 1 or 2 is ok

• slice the arm, you can see it prints with skirt and brim

• you can also adjust layer number of the raft. if you want to disable the raft, change the raft layer to 0. actually, in the real printing works, we use little of the raft function, because it is cost lots filaments than the brim. brim is enough for our printing works.

• if you use raft, there is no need to check the brim function. the slicing result shows in the following