Everybody has the identical grievance about FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) 3D printing: the layer traces make it apparent that the half was 3D-printed. “Fuzzy pores and skin” is a slicer setting that may assist. It was first launched in Cura and was supposed to simulate the feel of fur. However customers shortly discovered that at minimal settings, it will probably produce a textured end that does an ideal job of hiding layer traces. The one downside is that it solely provides that texture to the sides. That’s why TenTech got here up with a method so as to add matching fuzzy pores and skin texture to the highest surfaces of 3D-printed elements.
The fuzzy pores and skin function is now accessible in different slicers (not simply Cura), however all of them work in the same method. Because the printer strikes alongside extruding a fringe line (one outer layer of a vertical wall), it strikes out and in barely within the route perpendicular to the road path. That motion is considerably randomized (inside the constraints of the set parameters) and the result’s a tough texture on the wall. When that variation in distance from the conventional path exceeds the layer line variation, the layer traces largely disappear.
Nevertheless, that solely works on perimeters, as a result of the algorithm is simply tweaking the perimeter path. The underside floor of an element can get texture of its personal from the print mattress, however that leaves the highest floor clean—one thing that stands out and ruins the impact.
TenTech’s resolution is a script that runs inside the slicer. It could possibly run in Orca Slicer, Bambu Studio, or PrusaSlicer. As a result of it really works with PrusaSlicer, there’s a good likelihood that it’s going to work with Slic3r and SuperSlicer, too. It isn’t suitable with Cura at the moment, however TenTech is wanting into that.
Based mostly on settings specified by the person or pulled from the fuzzy pores and skin parameters, the script alters the highest floor paths. As an alternative of shifting horizontally (perpendicular to perimeters), it strikes vertically perpendicular to the highest floor.
The script, programmed in Python, performs that modification to the paths within the G-code output by the slicer, so it’s a post-processing motion. Customers can add a name to that script within the post-processing part of their slicer settings, so all of it occurs routinely. The script is on the market on TenTech’s GitHub web page.
It’s price noting that it will probably affect the energy of the half, as a result of it compromises the adhesion of the highest layer. You’ll be able to compensate by including yet one more high layer, however that high floor should have poor adhesion.