Most print failures trace back to the design, not the printer. Avoid these seven mistakes and your 3D printed parts will come out better and cheaper. Our CAD team catches these before printing.
- 1. Walls too thin to print reliably.
- 2. Ignoring tolerances on mating parts.
- 3. Poor orientation that weakens the part or adds supports.
- 4. Over-building solid sections that waste material and money.
- 5. Forgetting how the chosen material behaves.
- 6. Designing without regard for the process (FDM vs SLS vs SLA).
- 7. Skipping DfAM principles entirely.
Designing well is half the battle — the rest is in the CAD-to-part workflow. Send us your model and we’ll point out any of these before you print.
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