Please see Reddit's Content Policy for more info. FCPL may one day invest in those types of printers, but until then choosing or making simpler shapes will help you get a more successful print.Images and discussions on 3D printing are welcome! However, DO NOT post any files for 3d printing firearms, bumpstocks, magazines, silencers/suppressors, or other legally controlled accessories. Other types of 3D printers work differently and can better handle highly detailed models like this one. Also his teeth and tongue did not finish with the same detail you see in the preview picture. Even trying to carefully remove those supports, both his arm and a leg snapped off. The supports were needed to hold up his tail, arms, chin, and belly during printing because the printer cannot create parts floating out in space. When necessary, our software prints 'supports' (extra material to act as scaffolding and hold a model up during printing) but removing these can be tricky and result in a loss of detail. This kind of model, with skinnier parts that bond to the build plate and details hanging out in space, will be more difficult to print successfully on an FDM printer. His feet are very small and his body gets heavier and more complex at the top. This more realistic raptor we found on has more complex skin, teeth, eyes, and limbs.

This kind of file will print very easily! His body is wider at the bottom to bond firmly to the build plate and his details taper off as he gets taller. This raptor we found at very simple and was designed to be printed on our style of printer. Take these two velociraptors for example: Very complex shapes with wings, teeth, horns, antennae, or tiny details which protrude from the sides may not print exactly how you see them on your computer screen. This style of printer generally prints better when an object is bigger along the bottom and gets smaller at the top (like a pyramid). This means plastic filament is fed into a heated nozzle which moves back and forth depositing layers of plastic on top of one another. You'll find that information on the right after opening your file, this is very important if your shape is scaled a certain way.įairfax County Public Library branches use fused deposition modeling (FDM) style 3D printers. OBJ file you find online, use to check it's size in millimeters. These are the maximum possible dimensions but some print settings required for a given print may reduce the potential size. Each branch's build plate volume is expressed as Length x Width x Height in millimeters.

Glock 3d print file