I desigend a little hex bit holder and the spaces between the walls of the bit pockets should just be empty.
The spaces get single lines of stray infill when I remove solid infill for small areas. How do I fix that?
I'm using rusaslicer/superslicer
#How do I remove infill from areas too large for solid infill and too small to need infill.
fresh sleet
main scarab
what? picture?
fresh sleet
@main scarab
main scarab
what are you trying to fix here?
main scarab
attach the model, please
main scarab
that's fine
fresh sleet
I'm new to CAD software
main scarab
your model is solid in the <> area. you need to change your model if you don't want material there
or are you trying to have top/bottom fill, just not hidden infill?
fresh sleet
your model is solid in the <> area. you need to change your model if you don't w...
but it's on the inside!
main scarab
what is the actual issue?
fresh sleet
I want to figure out if there's a setting that's similar to "solid infill threshold area" but for all infill, not just solid
"infill threshold area: Force disable infill for regions having a smaller area than threshold"
main scarab
okay, you understand why the slicer is putting infill there, but you want it to just not because it is a tiny area?
fresh sleet
yes exactly
main scarab
what slicer?
main scarab
I don't see a straight setting to do that, but you can add a modifier box that sets 0% infill. box is purposely not the right size in my example
fresh sleet
that's exactly what I wanted! Thanks a lot!!
Okay I figured out the box!
I gave it 0% infill density and made it a modifier. Is that correct?
main scarab
sounds right
just look at the gcode preview before you print. make sure it makes sense
fresh sleet
One problem I just noticed is that Superslicer tries to print solid "internal bride infill" in the air?
The bottom right corner for example starts in the middle of an infill cell
main scarab
make sure you don't remove the infill below the <>s
fresh sleet
this one is particularly bad
main scarab
One problem I just noticed is that Superslicer tries to print solid "internal br...
it looks fairly typical. I assume it's doing 3 layers or so before the flats of where the bits go
fresh sleet
yeah exactly
main scarab
usually figures itself out after a few layers
fresh sleet
Oh I guess I could make this exact layer a solid layer?
main scarab
not really another solution other than making the infill denser or more top layers
fresh sleet
Then it would birdge to all interior perimeters, right?
main scarab
you could, but I think it would be fine. I might go a little denser on the infill tho
fresh sleet
One problem I just noticed is that Superslicer tries to print solid "internal br...
This is an insert that goes in a box, that'll be 5 perimeters (3+2) in total which is why I wanted to go low on the infill
main scarab
why low on the infill?
fresh sleet
Just micro optimization
No real benefit! I just want to learn how to 3D print so I'm trying as many small optimsations as I can
main scarab
One problem I just noticed is that Superslicer tries to print solid "internal br...
I think it would almost even be okay like this. even tho it's printing on air, it's a larger area than the actual bit holder and it should get smoothed out by the 3 layers or whatever, assuming 3 top layers. but it is a little sketchy
