Just can’t seem to figure out what to do here.
I have a completely irregularly shaped object to print. There is not a single flat plane anywhere on it. Think about an oddly shaped rock.
I need to cut it into two halves and I need those two halves to be oriented down toward the print bed when I print, because I need those large flat surfaces to ensure that it adheres to the plate. This print has failed multiple times because even using supports, brims, etc, because of the shape there’s really no large area to put onto the bed. It’s large and those small points of contact keep failing even with large brims.
I want built in features to align the two halves after the print. They cannot be a “plug and socket” because the raised plugs will not allow that flat cut plane to fit down on the plate. It will require the whole face have support under it which I’m trying to avoid.
What I want is sockets in both halves, aligned to each other, so that I can print separate dowels to go into both halves after the print. The problem:
Orca seems to have no way to do this.
Doing it in CAD is problematic. The file is an stl only. Tying to convert it to step has been a complete debacle. It’s just too complex a shape for that. Being a mesh and not solid I don’t know of a way to add the features I want in Shapr3D to then export for the slicer.
Any ideas?
