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In a recent print I tried out the 3DC joint creation tool to see if I was able to use it to connect pieces of my print together. I've attached some pics of the kind of joints I tried as this was the first time.

The prints were done in nylon12 on an industrial printer by a bureau. Unfortunately none of the joints have any friction in them, if trying to attach the pieces they just fall off.

I wonder if the print quality is too fine, - the joint tool is made for a lower print resolution (which will increase friction perhaps?)

Would be great to get some tips if anyone has used the joint tool successfully.

 

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Hi @Oleg_Shapo, I scaled up so that the pieces are approximately 2cm according to 3DC scale.

If I export as an stl using normal export it comes out fine:

good.PNG.eae067a51abf79828c3d56bf9d23aca1.PNG

 

When I use the export for 3D printing menu it comes out like this:

 

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Are you sure the tool works as expected?

 

 

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On 12/20/2018 at 6:54 AM, arumiat said:

Hi @Oleg_Shapo, I scaled up so that the pieces are approximately 2cm according to 3DC scale.

If I export as an stl using normal export it comes out fine:

good.PNG.eae067a51abf79828c3d56bf9d23aca1.PNG

 

When I use the export for 3D printing menu it comes out like this:

 

bad.PNG.6e0ebbd129a1c1681780f499ff8b71de.PNG

 

Are you sure the tool works as expected?

 

 

I am getting the same results as @arumiat when I export some models for 3d printing. They look great and have a lot of resolution in the sculpting window, but when opening them they look like melted wax. In Dec 2018 it was noted that it was sent to support, but I do not see where it was fixed or extra steps to take. Can someone help me to correct this?

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