Rasterized layers that are draped on the scene's surface.Shape marker symbols that come from a file on disk.This tool does not support features symbolized with any of the following properties: If a polygon layer is provided without any 3D display properties, it will be exported as a multipatch that resembles the polygon. That is, they must be in real-world size units, and they cannot be billboarded. Picture marker symbols can only be converted to multipatches if they display in a fixed spatial extent.Color (including texture color) is the only material property fromģD model marker symbology that is honored. 3D model marker symbols whose size is denoted in real-world linear units such as feet, inches, meters, or centimeters.
Thanks for reading.Procedural rules and attribute-driven symbols are supported and will be preserved in the resulting multipatch.įeature layers with symbology that has the following properties will be exported to a multipatch: Look for all those details and some quad extrusion craziness in the next feature article.
Extruded features to multipatch upgrade#
Print ‘em out, upgrade your machine, and send us pictures!Īlong with the bearing upgrades, we also upgraded the electronics to an Azteeg X3 Pro with a Viki2 LCD display, and added the Kraken quad hot end, by E3D. The Taz 5 doesn’t use the same Z-axis bearings, but the X and Y axis bearings are the same. They will work on any Taz 3/KitTaz, Taz 4, or Taz 5. We’ve made our designs – both the dual and single extrusion versions - available for download. The IGUS filament works beautifully as linear bearing material, and the PETG is strong, durable, and has a clean, glossy surface finish. The printer moves smoother, has less play, and is noticeably quieter with the new bearings installed. By modeling the parts in one file as separate solid bodies, both parts are aligned in the same Cartesian space which allows for easy alignment of the STLs in MatterControl. The easiest way I’ve found for parts like this is to model the part in one part file, but not to merge all of the solid bodies so that I can save them as individual STL files. I use Solidworks for most of my modeling. There are different ways to model parts for dual extrusion, but 2 separate STLs are required. With dual extrusion we can just model the outer housing and inner bearing and print it out at one time with two different materials. The stock SLB has a printed housing, and then a bearing is slid in or pressed into the housing. For this project, we used the MadeSolid PET+ in opaque black in order to match the original printed parts. Printing temps may very slightly, but 240-260C with a heated bed at 50-60C is appropriate the range. There are a few different PETG filament options available - MatterHackers PETG and MadeSolid PET+ are the two we print with most often for functional parts. It also has a nice glossy surface finish. PETG is easy to print, has virtually no warp, and is about as strong, if not stronger, than ABS. We decided to use PETG for the outer housings. While ABS is a versatile and useful filament, it tends to warp, and that’s not ideal when printing things like bearings with tight tolerances. The stock Taz pieces were printed in ABS. Since the only part we need the Tribo for is the part contacting the smooth rods, we can print the housings out of another material. Also, the Tribo filament is on the expensive side of filaments. We don’t want these printed replacement parts to break anytime soon. The dirty part is purely a cosmetic issue and not a big deal, but we wanted our Taz to still look good after the upgrades. The Tribo glides on the smooth rods very smoothly and quietly, but it gets dirty quickly and it doesn’t seem as strong/durable as the ABS that the stock parts were printed in. There were a few things we noticed while looking at the printed SLB. The center hole was a little sloppy so there was a bit of play, but it confirmed that this material would work for use as a bearing. It came out pretty well for a first print.
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