Rands are an effective tool to prevent bed lifting. The rand option in AutoMaker however creates a rand which surrounds the entire object. Problem is that removing that rand is an annoying process and the edges where removed don't look nice unless carefully post-processed with a heat gun.
On the other hand the lift typically only happens in corners or areas where the material shrinkage has the possibility to create enough force separating the object from the bed. Thus rands are actually only need in those critical spots.
I usually solve this by modeling such „spot rands“ in my CAD application, as shown in the image below. Thickness in the shown example is 0.4 mm, which can be easily cut away with scissors.
Wouldn't it be cool if one could „lasso“ an area of the imported model on the bed, on based on that selection AM creates those spot rafts? (Or alternatively: A tool to create rectangular 3d objects (with 0.4 mm height) which only can be moved in XY on the bed plane).
Rands are an effective tool to prevent bed lifting. The rand option in AutoMaker however creates a rand which surrounds the entire object. Problem is that removing that rand is an annoying process and the edges where removed don't look nice unless carefully post-processed with a heat gun.
On the other hand the lift typically only happens in corners or areas where the material shrinkage has the possibility to create enough force separating the object from the bed. Thus rands are actually only need in those critical spots.
I usually solve this by modeling such „spot rands“ in my CAD application, as shown in the image below. Thickness in the shown example is 0.4 mm, which can be easily cut away with scissors.
Wouldn't it be cool if one could „lasso“ an area of the imported model on the bed, on based on that selection AM creates those spot rafts? (Or alternatively: A tool to create rectangular 3d objects (with 0.4 mm height) which only can be moved in XY on the bed plane).