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  • Tutorial that goes through how you can design your own lightweight 3D printed parts! 3D printing certainly has it's place in terms of prototyping, but I also believe it can be of use for applications such as this aircraft fuselage. Not only is it aerodynamic and relatively lightweight, it is also very easy to construct once the design is complete. Therefore allowing quick replacements with minimal effort in the event of a crash.
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  • @USWaterRockets
    @USWaterRockets 6 лет назад +138

    Great video! A couple of suggestions: 1) Design a bunch of 2mm holes in the perimeter of your bulkheads where they join, so you can glue in some short "pegs" you cut from the same filament. That way you can glue with perfect alignment. I used this method on my Astromech Droid rocket and some rocket fins I designed in 2014 where I was struggling to model reinforcing ribs like these, only the slicers were very primitive back then and these cool wall options didn't exist. 2) You can make horizontal "ribs" print by putting a chamfer on the lower side. You can also put fillets on the ribs so they print horizontally. I usually make ribs that don't protrude so far into the interior so adding fillets turns them into a rounded bump.3) Complex surfaces can be structurally sound without ribs at all, and you can print them in "vase" mode (sometimes called "spiralize outer contour") and you get one continuous wall with no seams or stringing inside. I was just working on a video about this.Looking forward to seeing the plane completed.

    • @laurentpavot9374
      @laurentpavot9374 5 лет назад +1

      Maybe You could also make the "pegs" removable like tooth pick that you remove after glueing : less weight

    • @TomStantonEngineering
      @TomStantonEngineering  5 лет назад +11

      Interesting about the 2mm holes for the filament joints! I had considered tabs, but couldn't work out how to integrate them into the print because of the way the parts are printed. For some reason, adding a chamfer to the lower side of a rib causes some weird affects in simplify3D. It seems to draw the outer skin up until the rib, then retract and draw a triangle (profile of the chamfer), then continue a new wall on the other side. I suppose if the overlap of the skin and rib is enough then this should work. Yes you're correct, I've realised after a few more test prints that 3D printed 'shells' can be quite rigid by themselves. The only other advantage to having ribs is if they run perpendicular to the printed layers, it might help with layer strength? Might be something to test! Thanks

    • @km5405
      @km5405 5 лет назад +1

      thats a great idea for the pegs :D.....maybe you could even fill it with a 3d pen or other way to 'rivet' it in place :).

    • @USWaterRockets
      @USWaterRockets 5 лет назад +2

      The big issues with printing "tabs" is that small features like that tend to be weak and break off. If they are just glue alignment tabs then they only have to last long enough for you to glue the parts together. But the largest drawback with them is they limit the print orientation of the part, since any face with tabs would need a lot of support if it were facing the bed. With pegs, every face can be flat with holes in it, so you can print it facing the bed, and the pegs are solid filament extrusions, so they are strong and don't break off like tiny printed features.

    • @JimboJet737
      @JimboJet737 5 лет назад +1

      try Cura, S3d sometimes doesn't slice as well and vice versa depending on the STL.

  • @RamyRC
    @RamyRC 5 лет назад +62

    Thanks mate, have fun with that glue :D

  • @AliBFPV
    @AliBFPV 5 лет назад +19

    sli3cr has the thin wall detect button as well. also has spiral vase mode which spirals the layer so you get no join marks. pretty decent. Sic3r PE has come on leaps and bounds with its functionality and ease of use

  • @johnkad272
    @johnkad272 5 лет назад +5

    If you use ABS or PP instead of PLA, it will be 20-30% lighter. Design the fuselage to break away upon impact and it will be less likely to be permanently broken. Perhaps designing the two halves to snap together instead of being glued would help too.

  • @azgarogly
    @azgarogly 5 лет назад +2

    To align parts when gluing you could add some synchronization pins and holes to the connection surface.
    You could also put the parts and align leaving a thing crack between them, and then put a thin CA glue over it and squeeze em together.
    Works perfectly in a plastic models world.

  • @beanMosheen
    @beanMosheen 5 лет назад +7

    I recommend you always create a component first and work within that bucket for each part. It keeps your timelines from getting trashed, and lets you modify am older part without rippling the whole timeline (edit: just noticed you did towards the end). You should also build a 0 thickness plane, use T to trim it and then extrude it within the cylinder.

  • @MattJoyce01
    @MattJoyce01 5 лет назад +15

    Would you consider a video about designing and 3d printing, wind energy capture. There are a few designs around, it would be interesting to hear you research and explain the various pros/cons.

    • @Ed.R
      @Ed.R 5 лет назад +2

      That's a great idea, I've seen a few as well but sadly non are designed to be aerodynamically efficient. This seems a shame when 3D printers give so much freedom to create any complicated shape and reproduce it.

  • @bonesawmcl
    @bonesawmcl 5 лет назад +3

    There are a few tricks you can use to go around your "rib-face-deleting"-problem. In the extrusion dialog you can chose to extrude to a surface, that will eliminate the need, to modify it afterwards, but you can't do it symmetrically then. If you´re doing only half of your model anyway (as with the fuselage) that will work without problem. In your example, if you need to do several ribs, you can start like you did, but then instead of deleting all the faces, you can cut-extrude a large enough circle from the starting sketch and remove all the outside parts of all the ribs at the same time.

    • @srmofoable
      @srmofoable 5 лет назад

      bonesawmcl i came here to say the same thing, but there is no rule saying you can only extrude once, so he could accomplish it with 2 actions. Additionally, you don't need to extrude symmetrically if you are going to an object.

  • @john_hawley
    @john_hawley 3 года назад

    These types of videos with CAM and Slicer discoveries and tips are perfect for a second YT channel

  • @placydoplacek
    @placydoplacek 5 лет назад +1

    You can select "Print Thin Walls" in Cura. If you don't see that settings just type Print Thin Walls in search.

  • @adityahoskere9063
    @adityahoskere9063 5 лет назад +1

    For the solid inside a solid, you could model things inside as a negative solid, having a mount or rib made up of air. When printed, this part would also have a layer which will have to be printed

  • @yaVDRgda
    @yaVDRgda 5 лет назад +4

    Made a cylinder with 0.4 mm wall with onshape, sliced it with cura 3.4.1 without problems.

  • @BlackWallFilm
    @BlackWallFilm 5 лет назад

    Great tip for aligning the internal ribs so they don't need support. I love seeing workflows and thought processes. I'd be happy to watch more of these

  • @Project-Air
    @Project-Air 5 лет назад +7

    Nice job man! I really need to just dive right in and invest in a proper 3D printer. :P Videos like this show me why I need one so badly.

    • @travisbauder655
      @travisbauder655 5 лет назад

      ProjectAir if you dive into a printer, I’d recommend Prusa I3. I bought 2 printers prior and spent too much patience on those two. Wasn’t happy with them. It’s expensive at first, but cheaper in the long run

  • @ARepublicIfYouCanKeepIt
    @ARepublicIfYouCanKeepIt 5 лет назад +1

    Hey Tom, another great video.
    Three things:
    1) What's F360's estimate for weight of the fuselage you printed?
    2) As this was printed vertically, the layering is perpendicular to air flow in forward flight. What, if anything, to you do too smooth the print to reduce drag?
    3) Suggestion: When designing parts joined by glue, include alignment features such as slots and tabs to aid in easy and precise fitment without worry of adhesion before the parts are set correctly.

  • @willalexander6834
    @willalexander6834 5 лет назад +1

    You don’t need to extrude the “plates” and then delete the outer areas. When extruding select “to object” instead of distance and select the inner surface of the cylinder. It will then only extrude to this surface.

  • @merlingallagher4484
    @merlingallagher4484 5 лет назад +1

    Instead of printing support for overhang you can sometimes also just add an external piece (like a rod) to your design like physically on the printing bed.
    I don't see many people using this idea actually.

  • @DanielMFG
    @DanielMFG 5 лет назад +51

    try using petg for these kinds of parts - the betwenn layer adheision is even way better then pla and it is durable as hell!!!
    +that stuff is more heat resistent (hot motor...) and really chemically resistant (solvents in glues...)
    but i like your ways of reenforcing parts! 👍

    • @ElectraFlarefire
      @ElectraFlarefire 5 лет назад +2

      It's great stuff. Some thoughts though:
      It does tend to be a bit more flexible than PLA(does mean it doesn't crack as easily), removing supports can be very tricky and it can be quite a bit more stringy.
      Biggest problem is actually gluing the damned stuff.. The solvent glues that work on ABS and PLA don't work at all on PETG. Epoxy seems to be the best.

    • @sholz124
      @sholz124 5 лет назад

      I always thought PLA was lightest. So possibly best in these applications.

    • @among-us-99999
      @among-us-99999 5 лет назад +1

      Sam Holzberg PLA is much heavier than ABS or HIPS

    • @beebakrizzle
      @beebakrizzle 5 лет назад +1

      @Hecto Naaire the only problem with PP is rigidity. You need to make your design more reinforced to achieve the same stiffness, and this will increase the weight to some extent. Would be interesting to test however.

    • @DanielMFG
      @DanielMFG 5 лет назад

      @@sholz124 i think on parts wirh this low volume it doesn't make much difference... (just 2-3g maybe?)
      but since it is already way more durable you can most likely use less reenforcing - cutting down volume/weight...

  • @MakenModify
    @MakenModify 5 лет назад +3

    Hey really awesome video as always ;) small Simplif3D tip that also applies to Slic3r and Cura: it dose not Print a wall that is 0.4 is because if it is only slight smaller as the nozzle s3d will not print it. There are two more ways to solve this: 1.) make the walls 0.45, that will round to one wall, or 2.) In S3D in the extruder settings set the "Extrusion Width" to "Manual 0,39mm" and it will also print 0.4 walls.
    Other miner thing... your Extrusion Multiplier is set to 1.1... on a good tuned printer 1 should be perfect ;)

    • @Mister_Brown
      @Mister_Brown 2 года назад

      i know this is old but extrusion multiplier can be handy for undersized or nonround filament instead of changing the filament size in the profile, an extrusion multiplier can be tuned real time and then set vs trying to measure filament that might not be round or consistent. definitely though if you're using extrusion multiplier to compensate on all filaments you need to calibrate esteps or find whatever other issue you have.

  • @2robotguy
    @2robotguy 5 лет назад

    Tom, good video. For the modeling side, yes you can model solid bodies in solid bodies. The trick is not to unit them. Export the stl files out separately. Load the stl files in the slicing software. Make sure they are still aligned and apply different parameters to the files. I usually add a 0.3mm overlap between the skins and supports. This will cause a double extrusion and create a super strong bond. If you are interested I can walk you through the process. I have built a 16' tall model rocket with this approach.

  • @asailijhijr
    @asailijhijr 5 лет назад +3

    Just had an idea for a future project/design/challenge for you. A plane (or fixed wing craft) that can fly backwards and forwards with the same propeller. Switching in midair would be a bonus.

    • @PKMartin
      @PKMartin 5 лет назад

      That won't be easy, you'd need to be able to reconfigure the plane to move the centre of mass or the centre of drag while it's flying to keep it nose heavy and stable. The control surfaces are traditionally on trailing edges so you'd need duplicates or something clever like canards, also need to find an ESC which can drive a motor in both directions (or some kind of wire-switching doodad to reverse the motor direction), and props generally aren't designed to produce thrust in both directions so will be very inefficient in one direction.

    • @_Piers_
      @_Piers_ 5 лет назад

      You can do that with the small 3D planes with variable pitch propellers - 3D because of how they can move, rather than because they are printed :)

  • @garrethunter6713
    @garrethunter6713 4 года назад

    Use the Project Intersection feature in Fusion 360 to get the exact profile of the cylinder at an angle. Offset this projection to the width desired. Makes for a much easier to adjust model, clean timeline - no cheats required.

  • @LordGarth6
    @LordGarth6 5 лет назад

    to delete the remainder of your ribbing, you can just use the outer face of the tube as a cutting surface. "Modify" -> "split body" -> select rib as body to be split -> select outer tube face as spliting surface. Then delete the new outer body. this should help reduce fusions calcs when editing the model. For model alignment id just make another layer thin body thats like 10mm that sits inside both halves as like a internal coupler.

  • @Whereswally606
    @Whereswally606 5 лет назад +2

    Cura can do this too. I used it for making spiral bearing/bushing replacements. And by this I mean print the outer wall only

  • @MrRedwires
    @MrRedwires 5 лет назад +1

    I like that you posted a video about this design process!
    But to be honest, it feels a little ... Basic.
    Slic3r supports merging perimeter walls together to a single line and has done so for a long time. It also includes recommended sizes for 2, 3 or 4 perimeter wall widths, which makes designing easier.
    The way you set up the supporting beam was also a little weird, I would have used a cut-projection of the object you want to support, and an offset from the projection. That might work better for complex geometry.
    Fusion 360 also includes a "make hull" command that takes any completely solid geometry and hollows it out to a specific wall thickness, which would have been nice to have mentioned here.

  • @thescienceandfuncrew1505
    @thescienceandfuncrew1505 3 года назад

    Thankyou for your kind act : sharing the nice content that you found out with us free of cost
    Thankyou so much

  • @ChrisHuck
    @ChrisHuck 5 лет назад

    Great video! I wasn’t aware of that feature in S3D. I really enjoy the way you explain why you make your decisions and share any failures along the way so that others don’t make unnecessary mistakes. Keep up the great work!

  • @albinhurve5521
    @albinhurve5521 5 лет назад

    I saw the title card and was really excited, than you very much for sharing the files!

  • @MCsCreations
    @MCsCreations 5 лет назад +8

    Pretty nice work, dude! 😊
    I remember when Samm Sheperd did a pod too for a wing and it was awesome! 😃
    Looking forward to the next parts!

    • @among-us-99999
      @among-us-99999 5 лет назад +1

      he is something like a replacement for Samm..

    • @MCsCreations
      @MCsCreations 5 лет назад +6

      @@among-us-99999 Sorry, dude, but nobody replaces nobody. Samm is irreplaceable, exactly like Tom. 😉

    • @among-us-99999
      @among-us-99999 5 лет назад +3

      MC's Creations ..forget it 😅 I didn’t manage to translate what I wanted to say correctly

    • @MCsCreations
      @MCsCreations 5 лет назад +3

      @@among-us-99999 Don't worry, dude! English isn't my native language either. I'm from Brazil. 😊

  • @AcrimoniousMirth
    @AcrimoniousMirth 5 лет назад +1

    Even easier, if 0.4 isn’t picked up, just make it 0.5. It’ll only print at 1 perimeter anyway.

    • @AcrimoniousMirth
      @AcrimoniousMirth 5 лет назад +1

      You should also be able to set the horizontal compensation to a positive value and that’ll work too, I think.

  • @theOnlyMrTummy
    @theOnlyMrTummy 5 лет назад

    Channel Wing baby!!!

  • @ceptimus
    @ceptimus 4 года назад

    Tilting the reinforcing ring 45 degrees doesn't remove the "printing in mid air" problem. Okay it does at the lowest part of the ring that slopes upwards at an (easily printable) 45 degrees, but at the top part of the ring it's even harder to print than the horizontal overhang. Perhaps not a problem when the whole reinforcing ring is intact, as the parts of the ring first printed support the remaining parts - but when you need to punch holes through the ring for other structure, you end up with big problems. Actually most printers can print small horizontal overhangs without support. For longer overhangs, it's better to bridge horizontally - bridges can be much longer than overhangs. I still learned lots of good stuff from your informative tutorial though, so thanks very much for posting it.

  • @yord1912
    @yord1912 Год назад

    i’m just rly impressed how you drew the fuselage. i have some experience using cad software and i find making round surfaces like that rly hard.

  • @corey6796
    @corey6796 5 лет назад

    That T-Rex in the background, love it. Starting to get rare now that drones are taking over :(

  • @marko247
    @marko247 5 лет назад +2

    "I need to work on my glueing skills" Or, print some guide tabs to one half to align the halves when you glue ;)

  • @caslor2002
    @caslor2002 5 лет назад

    Nice work as always.. Congratulations
    for the alignment the 2 parts you can embed in your design some pivot holes where you cut it in half in order to join the two parts together easy

  • @gijsjonkheer9863
    @gijsjonkheer9863 5 лет назад

    solid in a solid is possible with multiple bodies, in case that could be usefull to anyone in the future! the stl file will be generated with the outer surfaces of both solids in the same file.

  • @lusid6662008
    @lusid6662008 5 лет назад

    Try changing the extrusion width to manual and set it to 0.2, then set your outline/perimeter shells to 2. Simplify throws up an error but you can choose to ignore it and if your printer is well tuned you get a stronger print without adding weight. Have a play and try it out :)

  • @autoicon3550
    @autoicon3550 5 лет назад

    Thumbs up on this tutorial, and hopefully all the tutorials to come!
    Well done, sir!

  • @deltajegga
    @deltajegga 5 лет назад +1

    FYI Polypropylene is 40% lighter than PLA.

  • @minecrafter0505
    @minecrafter0505 5 лет назад

    Wow, great video Tom. You have no idea how useful this is for me right now. I want to create a 3D-printable quadcopter so I don't have to buy new parts when I crash. These tips, especially the higher temp for better layer bonding, will help me with my design. Thanks a lot and if you plan on more tutorials like this in the future I'd love to learn from your expierience.

  • @birdmun
    @birdmun 5 лет назад

    For a horizontal rib like on your cylinder example, you might consider a fillet. I don't use fusion so I have no clue how to effect that, but, it should make it printable.

  • @mpikas
    @mpikas 5 лет назад +1

    I suspect that your initial problem is actually something a little bit different, and I think it's showing up by the difference in predicted weight in your example and the extruded plastic weight (the density of ABS and PLA is not that different), of course, I haven't tested it with your combination, I use Cura which if you dig allows you to mess with many settings that you just don't see in other slicers.
    What happens is that most slicers use an extrusion width slightly wider than the nozzle width, typically something like .45 with a .40 nozzle, and that could even go to something like.60 for initial layers. when you extrude around a curve or a bend you get a wider cross-section, which further points out that it's not a problem with the slicer thinking it's narrower, and this is also why you get more plastic weight than what Fusion 360 predicts, because Fusion is calculating a wall thickness of .40mm and you're printing a wall thickness somewhere around .43mm or more.
    I'd bet that if you re-modeled the original example with a wall thickness of .45-.50mm it would slice correctly. Alternatively, if Slicer had the setting available if you set the thickness down to .40 it would work also (though you'd get weaker layer adhesion, this is done to force the plastic down and squeeze out for better adhesion)

  • @spartan3299
    @spartan3299 5 лет назад

    Thank you very much for sharing you hard work on this fuselage. Real Art! I am finishing your print after a couple failed prints using a Cetus3d mk2 which is closed source. My failures were related to crashes with the "shelf " as the nozzle transitioned perpendicular across it. I ended up taking a soldering iron and making tiny notched at the point of crashes as it printed. Hey it worked. I also had some tiny penetration points through the walls at some of the perimeter overlaps...I think. I really like PLA+ by Esun which is cheap as chips and tough. And I think PLA is the way to go...at least so far. I have been experimenting with making strong tubes by stretching the length and decreasing the diameter of complicated surfaced vase designs. The complex paths of the filament used in the vase surface remain in my stretched rods and oval rods that I have been looking at for quad arms in 12mm diameter and 1.5mm thickness. I think that the complex paths tend to weave the filament producing stronger adhesion. Anyway, I think we haven't fully utilized the print path. I am new to Fusion 360 and 3d printing so I really have no clue as to how to direct the nozzle path in such a way.This is a vase I have been using by Devin? at Make Anything www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-41894. I'm still looking for the Fusion 360 design video....I know I have it here somewhere. Ah Found it. At 8:49 on ruclips.net/video/1DiN72GdZo8/видео.html&index=5&list=PLvsgMvQaf6uTcdaCROejuXU37TdXozapD. At 10:27 it shows a closeup of the nozzle path doing its knitting? thing. Thanks for the inspiration Sir!

  • @GNARGNARHEAD
    @GNARGNARHEAD 5 лет назад

    thanks I can't wait to try it out, bought a printer after seeing your last video :D

  • @Wombat2020
    @Wombat2020 5 лет назад

    I would suggest designing some locating dowels into your joins to make glueing more accurate.

  • @robertgosz4281
    @robertgosz4281 Год назад

    Nice T-Rex 👌

  • @lucatramontano4402
    @lucatramontano4402 5 лет назад

    Please keep doing videos like this. I enjoyed it very much 😁

  • @SpeedLockedNZ
    @SpeedLockedNZ 5 лет назад

    Float/sea plane, go for a harder landing with wet stuff thrown in lol, great vid, cheers

  • @jojoma4025
    @jojoma4025 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks, that was well explained. I have done a bit of single wall printing stuff, rc plans (3dlabs and more).
    One of the little issues experienced is when printing single wall wings there can be warping of the wall in certain areas, where it diverges from the wall plane the nozzle path has defined due to warpage. I noticed it doesn't happen when printing vases in vase mode with single thin wall because of the structural shape of vases is constantly curving or changing with different angular patterns etc which adds rigidity and strength to the vase. When i try this with a wing it will warp in areas because the wing shape is closer to a flat plane and not as strongly able to hold it's shape. Just looking for any clues how to keep wings outer single wall perimeter from diverging off design plane. I noticed even with 3dlab type plane with lots of internal ribs, it can warp in the unsupported bays between ribs if the area is large enough.

  • @marvkaye
    @marvkaye 3 года назад

    Sorry I didn't find this video sooner... you mentioned the issue with deleting the exterior portions of the ribs you created to just leave the interior portions causing F360 to crash at times... instead of deleting those portions you should use the remove function instead, as it allows F360 to retain the original parameters differently and should eliminate that crashing issue. Just a thought.

  • @macrumpton
    @macrumpton 5 лет назад

    You could print the fuselage in something more impact resistant, like nylon or polypropylene.

  • @MrChuckmason
    @MrChuckmason 4 года назад

    Thanks very much Tom, excellent information!

  • @SteveSiegelin
    @SteveSiegelin 5 лет назад

    Let me give you a tip in Fusion 360, you can actually click on your solid object and label it as a tank using the fusion software. when you select tank it'll actually make the object a solid thin-walled object with a hollow center and you can then build inside the center. You can even cut one of the tops off like a cup. I started running Fusion when it first came out under an education license. I lost my education license 2 years ago when my program expired but I never knew there was a hobby license. I've been using free software for a long time but auto desk inventor the original is what I started out with and the year was 2012 to 2013 when Autodesk Inventor came out there's still a lot you have not learned about fusion and I understand it takes a lot to learn because there's not as much education as there used to be but it's now starting get out there.

  • @AeroCraftAviation
    @AeroCraftAviation 5 лет назад

    I'd like to see a 3D printed DLG. I think you could make the airfoil very precise with the single wall thickness parts. It could be a very interesting project!

  • @kkrampus
    @kkrampus 5 лет назад +1

    Turns out this just works default in Cura, just tested it. But you have to make sure your STL files are saved as high accuracy, i was getting errors with Autodesk Inventor's standard accuracy (Brep)

  • @ulightme
    @ulightme 5 лет назад

    I can't wait to see this plane in the air ;)

  • @yus3dp533
    @yus3dp533 5 лет назад

    Cool. Thanks. I made my own model plane - its elastic band powered and lightweight. Keep it up.;)

  • @DroneBuildde
    @DroneBuildde 5 лет назад

    Nice work l really like the thin wall part

  • @monkeywrench1951
    @monkeywrench1951 Год назад +1

    Polypropylene has the lowest density, while Polycarbonate is 30% heavier, but twice as strong. I am wondering for RC planes, which translates into lighter and structurally sound 3D planes. (data from the simplify3d filament table).

  • @beebakrizzle
    @beebakrizzle 5 лет назад

    Regarding the perimeters overlap percentage in the advanced tab, it's not exactly what you explained. So normally S3D would put two perimeters at least on any given wall. Now if you put the overlap percentage to 0, it would not be able to put two perimeters on a single wall unless it was 0.8mm or more. But if you increase this percentage, it will still print two perimeters even if the wall is slightly thinner, by having both perimeters overlap a little. Then if you allow single perimeter thin walls, it will use that instead of skipping the wall, when two perimeters cannot be used even with the indicated overlap.

    • @beebakrizzle
      @beebakrizzle 5 лет назад

      Also to increase layer adhesion without "cheating" with the extrusion multiplier, it's always a good idea to have your extrusion width slightly higher than your nozzle diameter. S3D defaults at 0.48mm which squishes the layers nicely to promote adhesion, without losing too much resolution. Obviously it makes it slightly heavier, but you can get away with 0.43 or 0.45, there's always a tradeoff

  • @ScottTheTallGuy
    @ScottTheTallGuy 5 лет назад

    Excellent Video! I would love more like these! My CAD skills are very rusty and I'm looking forward to making my own RC plan from my 3D Printers some day. :D

  • @0calvin
    @0calvin 5 лет назад

    With regard to the ribbing inside the tube, I imagine you could also leave them them perpendicular instead of slanted if you added a 45 degree chamfer to the "underside" of the rib.

  • @minzhendu7503
    @minzhendu7503 5 лет назад

    Actually if you just extrude a surface instead of a solid, the slicer will recognize the surface even tho there’s no thickness. And it will only be one pass (single wall) for the printer

  • @jordi13basas
    @jordi13basas 5 лет назад

    Congratulations for your design!
    You inspirates me to make a fuselage for a flying wing. I'm going to scale your design for a 4m wingspan flying wing

  • @beatified
    @beatified 5 лет назад

    Not sure if your aware but in Fusion360 you can export the stl straight into Simplify3D. When you choose Save as STL on the object. You have an option under output to send to 3D Print Utility. Select Custom for print Utility and find the Simplify3D Executable and when you click ok it will start Simplify3D and have your STL pre-loaded. If you want to import multiple STLs then just make sure you close simplify3D after each import. It will come up with previous STLs and the one you just imported.

  • @jonty1857
    @jonty1857 5 лет назад +1

    Great video Tom. I'll be interested in how you created those lovely curves!

  • @hasanbeg606
    @hasanbeg606 5 лет назад

    light weight babyyy

  • @50geo50
    @50geo50 5 лет назад

    if you want the ring to not be diagonal, you could make it conical.
    (Although, i'm not sure how easy that would be, or if it would work for sure)
    But overall, really great video, i love learning from you! Wish there where more videos!

  • @jdmitz
    @jdmitz 5 лет назад

    I have been using the Plast-I-Weld (methylene chloride) for PLA and find it works quickly and makes an amazingly strong bond.

    • @modelskunkworks
      @modelskunkworks 5 лет назад

      I have been using Deluxe Materials Plastic Magic which I think is similar & it works amazingly well on PLA. It both solvent welds & dries quickly. Also great for finishing sanded edges.

    • @neilgillies6943
      @neilgillies6943 5 лет назад

      You can purchase methylene chloride cheaply in bulk from ebay - just transfer the stuff to glass bottles when you get it , or it will eventually all evaporate through the supplied poly container!

  • @klerulo
    @klerulo 5 лет назад

    Just tried an equivalent sample and exported the stl to cura, which had no problems at all turning that into a single filament wall.

  • @beyersito
    @beyersito 5 лет назад

    Really liked this kind of video, would like more of 3d cad design

  • @tsilfidis1996
    @tsilfidis1996 4 года назад

    That was awesome and super helpful so Thanks!!!

  • @kkrampus
    @kkrampus 5 лет назад

    You seem to be designing something very similar to me, but it looks more like an FPV glider (like a skywalker or a volantex). I'm designing a 2m pure glider with "built up" wings. The wing ribs will be 3d printed and covered in film like old school model planes.
    Also you could use aligning tabs to help you glue it together like 3dLabPrints does

  • @leparapentiste668
    @leparapentiste668 5 лет назад +2

    Nice !

  • @Marco-vp8wl
    @Marco-vp8wl 5 лет назад +2

    Great video! It would be interesting to see, how you design complex shapes, like the fuselage, in the CAD programm. I'd asume that you can't do it by simply using planes?

  • @Scorp1u5
    @Scorp1u5 5 лет назад +1

    Have you compared your thin wall technique against just upping the diameter? I'd start at .564 (.4*sqrt(2)) mm, then compare model and weight, then keep reducing and see if you end up at the end result. If your .4 modelweight is 13g, then you'd start at 18g, which is very close to your custom wall process, but how much under sqrt(2) can we go?

  • @thoriso1000
    @thoriso1000 5 лет назад

    I've never been this early. Great video as always Tom 🙂

  • @Sam-fn6mb
    @Sam-fn6mb 5 лет назад

    love your videos, all relevant and well explained! :)

  • @Mottersmotters
    @Mottersmotters 5 лет назад

    Great video 👍 Tom

  • @oleander85
    @oleander85 5 лет назад

    Hey Tom! Would you be interested in making a video about how you designed that fuselage? It looks great, and I would love to get some ideas on how to design something similar myself :)

  • @minicrop
    @minicrop 5 лет назад +2

    I'm sure his is probably something people do already but, couldn't you work some kind of registration into the parts so they align themselves when assembled?

  • @phizicks
    @phizicks 5 лет назад

    9:15 don't delete but use teh extrude with a cut, it should be able to handle that fine.
    11:35 you could put a small chamfer under the ring making a 45deg angle

  • @carsonmcnamer5321
    @carsonmcnamer5321 2 года назад

    The problem you are running into is stl files don’t have curves. A circle is a bunch of straight lines every 10° so in the software if you edit the angular accuracy to like 0.2° then when it gets exported it’s damn near a circle and the slicer will be able to print it.

  • @woowooNeedsFaith
    @woowooNeedsFaith 5 лет назад +1

    So all your problems were because of crappy slicer? I have used two slicers, Cura and FlashPrint, and I have never had hardly any problems with thin walls. I guess I have been lucky... That kind of problem wold have been really irritating for me. I'm too cheap to print thick walls. :P

  • @among-us-99999
    @among-us-99999 5 лет назад

    Nice.

  • @GavinRemme
    @GavinRemme 5 лет назад

    I'm learning SolidWorks this semester, I'll have to try this. I'm sure there's probably a way to do this in Cura as well :)

  • @LittleRainGames
    @LittleRainGames 5 лет назад

    Get a DLP, you will be able to make parts with small detail.
    Its worth it, trust me

  • @valts.orniks
    @valts.orniks 4 года назад

    Have you tried to print only the skeleton of the part and then cover it with scotch tape? Should be lighter and with a smoother finish, but you have to model it carefully to not lose any rigidity. Would be cool to see the wings made that way and compare the weight and max wing load.

  • @rklauco
    @rklauco 5 лет назад

    Thanks, perfect. I would look forward to version with Slic3r, but I think I can still use it ;)

  • @drumbum7999
    @drumbum7999 5 лет назад +3

    learn how to use the patch workspace in fusion360. you're jumping through way too many hoops just to get single wall thickness on your parts when the patch workspace was literally designed for the type of stuff you're doing. thank me later. cheers!

  • @umbra1016
    @umbra1016 5 лет назад +1

    Sketchup is better than Fusion imo. I don't have the problems you do and tends to be easier to use.

  • @peteerbread3185
    @peteerbread3185 5 лет назад

    I may be mistaken but I’m sure S3D has vase mode, that is just one wall all the way around.

  • @therchobbylife7048
    @therchobbylife7048 5 лет назад

    Cad, but arent you forgetting something..... What about us solidworks users 😂😂 good vid

  • @calebsherman886
    @calebsherman886 5 лет назад

    Yay another VTOL.

  • @CallMeJack08
    @CallMeJack08 5 лет назад

    You should put a V tail on the plane and recreate the aerobird xtreme

  • @angelisfpv
    @angelisfpv 5 лет назад +1

    Can you make videos of you designing things pls

  • @joohop
    @joohop 5 лет назад

    Nice Work Fella , Imagine A 3D Printed Wristwatch ?

  • @lauej
    @lauej 5 лет назад

    How about if you make a thread in the cylinder with really large gaps, then you will have a uniform reinforcement throughout the whole length of the tube? (and the angle neccesary for printing)

  • @xSchattenfluchx
    @xSchattenfluchx 5 лет назад +2

    Wow, Simplify finally got single wall extrusion. Took them long enough...

    • @_Piers_
      @_Piers_ 5 лет назад

      It's not new, it's been the the for ages...

    • @olorf
      @olorf 5 лет назад +4

      Everything has been there for ages, since their last update was 20 months ago.

    • @yelectric1893
      @yelectric1893 5 лет назад

      Wait, what do you mean by single wall extrusion? Do you mean that a solid that has been separated to be 2 different bodies will only have 1 wall between them?! Please answer, my projects have been delayed for months because I didn’t know how to fix this.

    • @xSchattenfluchx
      @xSchattenfluchx 5 лет назад

      @@yelectric1893 i meant that it can collapse the outer and the inner wall of a part.