Bioengineering Chess Piece

Description: In this project, we were asked to 3D print a dragon chess piece. However, what made this unique was that our grading would be like a contest with points awarded based on the print's level of detail, minimal warping, strong bridging, and smooth surfaces. The print time and material usage also factor in, with penalties for longer print times and excessive material waste. The goal of this contest was to balance high-quality prints with optimal speed and minimal waste.

I worked with my partner Deborah Lopes to successfully finish this project.  

5 strategies that you employed to optimize your print.  This should be in bullet format. 

• Tested parts of the project before the final print

• Manually painted where the supports go

• Orientation of the design

• Surface Pattern 

• Ironing 

Below are my tests for the bottom of the design which may or may not have needed supports.

Picture of your final project 

Final weight and print times of your project.  This project needed 8.28 Grams of filament which took 51 minutes and 33 seconds to print. I reduced he time and filament 

All of the orange settings are the modified settings for my print. 

The highlighted areas are where I choose the supports to be. 

A short video of the printer during the process. 

Conclusion - summary of your observations and what you learned

I learned about advanced settings for optimizing a 3D print's speed, cost, and quality. These range from layer height, ironing, and infill density and can greatly change the way that I 3D print in the future. I now know how to create a strong and stable print if needed effectively or a speed print that must be completed very quickly. I found that there is an unobtainable triangle relationship between all three. As my quality increases the cost will go up and speed will go down. As speed increases quality will go down and cost will go up. And finally, as Cost goes down quality will decrease and speed will go up. So you can have two of these qualities are their best or you can find the perfect equilibrium between all 3 to successfully create your best 3D print. Also, Bambu is the best 3d printer.