May 5th, 2012, 1:57 pm
QuoteOriginally posted by: skullxBTW, what are the main factors of 3D printing quality? Axes? Laser thickness and its power? Material granularity?It's probably most readily defined by: 1) the precision of the motion axes (step size in X, Y, and Z) which defines the roughness of the stair-steps when approximating a curved object; 2) the minimum material voxel size which defines the lower bounds on wall thickness, corner radii, and the like; 3) accretion artifacts (e.g., partially-sintered powder or messy strings where the hot-resin orifice ended a set of movements); 4) inhomogeneities (variations in internal strength due to variations in how added materials bonds to pre-existing material); 5) overall warpage due to thermal stresses.