getting text co-planar with a sloping front panel
I designed & printed a sloping front box to hold the electronics for a
friend of mine's eme (earth-moon-earth) radio system a couple of months
ago. The box worked out fine- but then I decided to put some text and
"decorations" on the sloping front- and that's when the problem started!
To do this, I have to print it out with the sloping front on the
heatbed, and use Rainers multi-colour profile but no matter what I do, I
cannot get the text and decorations (a small crescent moon and a
representation of my friends 1.8m dish) to be completely flat on the
sloping front panel. Always something is one or two layers proud and
stuffs it up.
I'm using prusa slicer, and have tried the lay flat on the bed button,
it makes a small difference but not enough.
I've been trying on and off for a couple of months now to get this to
print out correctly, and wasted a great deal of filament and time to get
close- but no cigar! The difference is only a matter of 2 layers (about
12 thou) but it's enough to stuff up the appearance totally- which I
only find out after about 25 hours print time..
I have attached a jpeg (couldn't make thunderbird put it in-line) of
what the box should look like, I'm happy to send the scad file if that
helps at all.
Has anyone any ideas on how to make these things line up with each other
so they will print correctly?
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Cheers, Ken
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https://vk7krj.com/index.html
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/all_bands.html
'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice
and uses
"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
moment.'
So, when you preview the sliced version in Prusaslicer, is it correct? Can
you see the uneven portions in the slicer preview?
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 8:01 AM Ken bats059@gmail.com wrote:
I designed & printed a sloping front box to hold the electronics for a
friend of mine's eme (earth-moon-earth) radio system a couple of months
ago. The box worked out fine- but then I decided to put some text and
"decorations" on the sloping front- and that's when the problem started!
To do this, I have to print it out with the sloping front on the
heatbed, and use Rainers multi-colour profile but no matter what I do, I
cannot get the text and decorations (a small crescent moon and a
representation of my friends 1.8m dish) to be completely flat on the
sloping front panel. Always something is one or two layers proud and
stuffs it up.
I'm using prusa slicer, and have tried the lay flat on the bed button,
it makes a small difference but not enough.
I've been trying on and off for a couple of months now to get this to
print out correctly, and wasted a great deal of filament and time to get
close- but no cigar! The difference is only a matter of 2 layers (about
12 thou) but it's enough to stuff up the appearance totally- which I
only find out after about 25 hours print time..
I have attached a jpeg (couldn't make thunderbird put it in-line) of
what the box should look like, I'm happy to send the scad file if that
helps at all.
Has anyone any ideas on how to make these things line up with each other
so they will print correctly?
--
Cheers, Ken
bats059@gmail.com
https://vk7krj.com/index.html
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/all_bands.html
'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice
and uses
"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
moment.'_______________________________________________
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Nice box. Can’t help apart from suggesting you at least minimise frustration by printing just one character in a shallow rectangle.
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Terry
On 12 Jul 2022, at 14:01, Ken bats059@gmail.com wrote:
I designed & printed a sloping front box to hold the electronics for a friend of mine's eme (earth-moon-earth) radio system a couple of months ago. The box worked out fine- but then I decided to put some text and "decorations" on the sloping front- and that's when the problem started!
To do this, I have to print it out with the sloping front on the heatbed, and use Rainers multi-colour profile but no matter what I do, I cannot get the text and decorations (a small crescent moon and a representation of my friends 1.8m dish) to be completely flat on the sloping front panel. Always something is one or two layers proud and stuffs it up.
I'm using prusa slicer, and have tried the lay flat on the bed button, it makes a small difference but not enough.
I've been trying on and off for a couple of months now to get this to print out correctly, and wasted a great deal of filament and time to get close- but no cigar! The difference is only a matter of 2 layers (about 12 thou) but it's enough to stuff up the appearance totally- which I only find out after about 25 hours print time..
I have attached a jpeg (couldn't make thunderbird put it in-line) of what the box should look like, I'm happy to send the scad file if that helps at all.
Has anyone any ideas on how to make these things line up with each other so they will print correctly?
--
Cheers, Ken
bats059@gmail.com
https://vk7krj.com/index.html
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/all_bands.html
'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice and uses
"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
moment.'
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You just need the text aligned with the box face? I'm not sure I
understand the difficulty here. It seems like a trivial task...so
what am I missing?
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 10:54 AM Leonard Martin Struttmann
lenstruttmann@gmail.com wrote:
So, when you preview the sliced version in Prusaslicer, is it correct? Can you see the uneven portions in the slicer preview?
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 8:01 AM Ken bats059@gmail.com wrote:
I designed & printed a sloping front box to hold the electronics for a
friend of mine's eme (earth-moon-earth) radio system a couple of months
ago. The box worked out fine- but then I decided to put some text and
"decorations" on the sloping front- and that's when the problem started!To do this, I have to print it out with the sloping front on the
heatbed, and use Rainers multi-colour profile but no matter what I do, I
cannot get the text and decorations (a small crescent moon and a
representation of my friends 1.8m dish) to be completely flat on the
sloping front panel. Always something is one or two layers proud and
stuffs it up.I'm using prusa slicer, and have tried the lay flat on the bed button,
it makes a small difference but not enough.I've been trying on and off for a couple of months now to get this to
print out correctly, and wasted a great deal of filament and time to get
close- but no cigar! The difference is only a matter of 2 layers (about
12 thou) but it's enough to stuff up the appearance totally- which I
only find out after about 25 hours print time..I have attached a jpeg (couldn't make thunderbird put it in-line) of
what the box should look like, I'm happy to send the scad file if that
helps at all.Has anyone any ideas on how to make these things line up with each other
so they will print correctly?--
Cheers, Ken
bats059@gmail.com
https://vk7krj.com/index.html
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/all_bands.html
'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice
and uses
"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
moment.'_______________________________________________
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After I have sliced it, I use the sliders to "unwind" right to the
beginning, then slowly move them up layer by layer.The first things to
go down are the dish and crescent moon in silver, then a small portion
of the red front panel in one corner going diagonally up to about half
way across the dish. Then it does most of the (blue) text, followed by
some more of the red panel. It slowly progresses, effectively moving
diagonally from the dish corner to the crescent moon corner- by the time
it has reached the moon corner, it is at layer 3 or 4 (can't remember
exactly) and is effectively printing just above the heatbed.
I'm happy to provide the g-code or the scad file if that will help.
On 2022-07-13 00:54, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
So, when you preview the sliced version in Prusaslicer, is it correct?
Can you see the uneven portions in the slicer preview?
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Cheers, Ken
bats059@gmail.com
https://vk7krj.com/index.html
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/all_bands.html
'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice and uses
"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
moment.'
That implies that the front panel face is not parallel to the build surface.
Yes, supplying the scad file would be a good place to start.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:08 PM Ken bats059@gmail.com wrote:
After I have sliced it, I use the sliders to "unwind" right to the
beginning, then slowly move them up layer by layer.The first things to go
down are the dish and crescent moon in silver, then a small portion of the
red front panel in one corner going diagonally up to about half way across
the dish. Then it does most of the (blue) text, followed by some more of
the red panel. It slowly progresses, effectively moving diagonally from the
dish corner to the crescent moon corner- by the time it has reached the
moon corner, it is at layer 3 or 4 (can't remember exactly) and is
effectively printing just above the heatbed.
I'm happy to provide the g-code or the scad file if that will help.
On 2022-07-13 00:54, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
So, when you preview the sliced version in Prusaslicer, is it correct? Can
you see the uneven portions in the slicer preview?
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"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
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Agreed, I think it is being held off the build plate by the crescent
moon and/or the text, but I haven't been able to find a way of getting
it aligned exactly. If it was on a face that aligned with one of the
axes it would be relatively simple, but the sloping surface makes it
much more difficult- at least for a beginner like me!
Attached is the scad file. To make it quicker to compile I have
commented out the threading- it takes forever with the threading
enabled, and it's not relevant to this problem.
On 2022-07-13 10:27, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
That implies that the front panel face is not parallel to the build
surface.
Yes, supplying the scad file would be a good place to start.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:08 PM Ken bats059@gmail.com wrote:
After I have sliced it, I use the sliders to "unwind" right to the
beginning, then slowly move them up layer by layer.The first
things to go down are the dish and crescent moon in silver, then a
small portion of the red front panel in one corner going
diagonally up to about half way across the dish. Then it does most
of the (blue) text, followed by some more of the red panel. It
slowly progresses, effectively moving diagonally from the dish
corner to the crescent moon corner- by the time it has reached the
moon corner, it is at layer 3 or 4 (can't remember exactly) and is
effectively printing just above the heatbed.
I'm happy to provide the g-code or the scad file if that will help.
On 2022-07-13 00:54, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
So, when you preview the sliced version in Prusaslicer, is it
correct? Can you see the uneven portions in the slicer preview?
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Cheers, Ken
bats059@gmail.com
https://vk7krj.com/index.html
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/all_bands.html
'It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice and uses
"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
moment.'
I am not sure what the problem is. I can create an STL and PrusaSlicer
can put the face with the text on it flat on the build surface, and the
1st layer is exactly as it should be.
Jon
On 7/13/2022 7:29 AM, Ken wrote:
Agreed, I think it is being held off the build plate by the crescent
moon and/or the text, but I haven't been able to find a way of getting
it aligned exactly. If it was on a face that aligned with one of the
axes it would be relatively simple, but the sloping surface makes it
much more difficult- at least for a beginner like me!
Attached is the scad file. To make it quicker to compile I have
commented out the threading- it takes forever with the threading
enabled, and it's not relevant to this problem.
On 2022-07-13 10:27, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
That implies that the front panel face is not parallel to the build
surface.
Yes, supplying the scad file would be a good place to start.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:08 PM Ken bats059@gmail.com wrote:
After I have sliced it, I use the sliders to "unwind" right to
the beginning, then slowly move them up layer by layer.The first
things to go down are the dish and crescent moon in silver, then
a small portion of the red front panel in one corner going
diagonally up to about half way across the dish. Then it does
most of the (blue) text, followed by some more of the red panel.
It slowly progresses, effectively moving diagonally from the dish
corner to the crescent moon corner- by the time it has reached
the moon corner, it is at layer 3 or 4 (can't remember exactly)
and is effectively printing just above the heatbed.
I'm happy to provide the g-code or the scad file if that will help.
On 2022-07-13 00:54, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
So, when you preview the sliced version in Prusaslicer, is it
correct? Can you see the uneven portions in the slicer preview?
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https://vk7krj.com/index.html
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
https://sstv.vk7krj.com/all_bands.html
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"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
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Same here. I think that there is nothing wrong with the OpenSCAD design.
And Prusaslicer 2.4.2+win64 slices it without a problem. If it is not
printing correctly, then I guess that the problem is in the slicer that you
are using or in the Rainers profile.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 7:54 AM jon jon@jonbondy.com wrote:
I am not sure what the problem is. I can create an STL and PrusaSlicer
can put the face with the text on it flat on the build surface, and the 1st
layer is exactly as it should be.
Jon
On 7/13/2022 7:29 AM, Ken wrote:
Agreed, I think it is being held off the build plate by the crescent moon
and/or the text, but I haven't been able to find a way of getting it
aligned exactly. If it was on a face that aligned with one of the axes it
would be relatively simple, but the sloping surface makes it much more
difficult- at least for a beginner like me!
Attached is the scad file. To make it quicker to compile I have commented
out the threading- it takes forever with the threading enabled, and it's
not relevant to this problem.
On 2022-07-13 10:27, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
That implies that the front panel face is not parallel to the build
surface.
Yes, supplying the scad file would be a good place to start.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:08 PM Ken bats059@gmail.com wrote:
After I have sliced it, I use the sliders to "unwind" right to the
beginning, then slowly move them up layer by layer.The first things to go
down are the dish and crescent moon in silver, then a small portion of the
red front panel in one corner going diagonally up to about half way across
the dish. Then it does most of the (blue) text, followed by some more of
the red panel. It slowly progresses, effectively moving diagonally from the
dish corner to the crescent moon corner- by the time it has reached the
moon corner, it is at layer 3 or 4 (can't remember exactly) and is
effectively printing just above the heatbed.
I'm happy to provide the g-code or the scad file if that will help.
On 2022-07-13 00:54, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
So, when you preview the sliced version in Prusaslicer, is it correct?
Can you see the uneven portions in the slicer preview?
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"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
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FWIW... I have had issues with text printing adjacent to the platten. If
the slicer is placing "support structure" to shore up the gap created by
the text, it may be getting "absorbed" into the print. The result is that
there doesn't appear to be any gap. You can see the faint lines where the
printer placed an outline filament, but the gap ends up getting filled in
when it is all over.
Not sure that this applies, but it reminded me of one of my past
experiences. Unfortunately, I never chased it to a root cause.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 11:49 AM Leonard Martin Struttmann <
lenstruttmann@gmail.com> wrote:
Same here. I think that there is nothing wrong with the OpenSCAD design.
And Prusaslicer 2.4.2+win64 slices it without a problem. If it is not
printing correctly, then I guess that the problem is in the slicer that you
are using or in the Rainers profile.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 7:54 AM jon jon@jonbondy.com wrote:
I am not sure what the problem is. I can create an STL and PrusaSlicer
can put the face with the text on it flat on the build surface, and the 1st
layer is exactly as it should be.
Jon
On 7/13/2022 7:29 AM, Ken wrote:
Agreed, I think it is being held off the build plate by the crescent moon
and/or the text, but I haven't been able to find a way of getting it
aligned exactly. If it was on a face that aligned with one of the axes it
would be relatively simple, but the sloping surface makes it much more
difficult- at least for a beginner like me!
Attached is the scad file. To make it quicker to compile I have commented
out the threading- it takes forever with the threading enabled, and it's
not relevant to this problem.
On 2022-07-13 10:27, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
That implies that the front panel face is not parallel to the build
surface.
Yes, supplying the scad file would be a good place to start.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:08 PM Ken bats059@gmail.com wrote:
After I have sliced it, I use the sliders to "unwind" right to the
beginning, then slowly move them up layer by layer.The first things to go
down are the dish and crescent moon in silver, then a small portion of the
red front panel in one corner going diagonally up to about half way across
the dish. Then it does most of the (blue) text, followed by some more of
the red panel. It slowly progresses, effectively moving diagonally from the
dish corner to the crescent moon corner- by the time it has reached the
moon corner, it is at layer 3 or 4 (can't remember exactly) and is
effectively printing just above the heatbed.
I'm happy to provide the g-code or the scad file if that will help.
On 2022-07-13 00:54, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote:
So, when you preview the sliced version in Prusaslicer, is it correct?
Can you see the uneven portions in the slicer preview?
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"telepathic" methods .... is something that I cannot believe for a single
moment.'
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