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Smeltie / Hyperion

Github Repository for the Hyperion case for DIY SlimeVR.
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Improvement: Air vent difficult to print beautifully #14

Closed dingyifei closed 2 years ago

dingyifei commented 2 years ago

The air vent with the shape of IIII is hard to print on most FDM machines because the frequent retraction and low volume&movement extrusion increases the chance of clogging.

A way to make better air vents is to design them as wavy lines (small triangles) in and out of the case wall, from the top side it would look like 

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So holes are open on Z instead of X/Y, making these lines printable as continuous lines

An example image

Smeltie commented 2 years ago

Thank you for the suggestion. Hyperion is currently not a project that I’m actively working on. And it appears most people seem to be able to print the little spokes just fine (since they are dialed in for a .4 nozzle specifically. That’s not to say this is a bad idea or shouldn’t be added. The project is open source and MIT licensed so feel free to add this as a forked version of sorts.