Redkefy@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAny electroluminescent filaments for 3D printing?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareAny electroluminescent filaments for 3D printing?Redkefy@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremonotremata@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoTravel moves wouldn’t work, because the wire core has to be continuous. I think the best bet is to design a model with a cavity that the wire can snap into, and add the EL wire after the print is finished.
minus-squareatocci@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoI don’t think vase mode does travel moves, does it?
minus-squaremonotremata@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoIt mostly avoids them, but it doesn’t necessarily do that on the first layer, and it does a big travel at the end to park the print head. You could probably get something to work if you wrote it with the FullControl Gcode Designer.
Travel moves wouldn’t work, because the wire core has to be continuous.
I think the best bet is to design a model with a cavity that the wire can snap into, and add the EL wire after the print is finished.
I don’t think vase mode does travel moves, does it?
It mostly avoids them, but it doesn’t necessarily do that on the first layer, and it does a big travel at the end to park the print head. You could probably get something to work if you wrote it with the FullControl Gcode Designer.