Goals:

• Our goals coming into this project was to decrease the amount of filament and have a high quality 3D print. This will ensure for a more efficient 3D print as well as, an aesthetic and well composed piece. 

Software:

• Prusa Slicer 2.5 

3D Printer:

• Original Prusa Mini (Printer 4 in CLS Fab Lab)

Analysis of Results:

After experimenting with different settings, and finding the ideal quality, quantity and time we decided to settle with iteration 18 (found in the spreadsheet) where the print yielded these specifications:

Time: 1 hour 54 mins 

Resolution (layer height): 0.13 mm

Smoothness of piece: 9/10

Used filament in inches: 101.49 inches 

This resulted in the optimal print which used less time and materials as well as improved the quality of the print significantly!

Final Product:

Conclusion

Overall this project taught us the advance settings of the Prusa 2.5 Slicer Program which taught us various skills such as:

• Paint on supports 

• Variable Layer Height

• Modifier Meshes 

• Seam Positioning 

Challenges:
Some challenges we encountered was trying to decrease the time and increases the quality. This made us want to sacrifice one for the other, but with the use of variable layer height we were able to compromise and decrease both time and increase the quality.