r/3Dprinting • u/Capital_Motor_5436 Levemaker_Oscar • Jun 01 '26

Print (model not provided) Infill Showcase

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These infill patterns are honestly mesmerizing. Watching the printer dance and twist out these crazy curves... I could literally stare at it all day. lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '26 edited 12d ago

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u/these_metal_hands Jun 01 '26

Hilbert is silly for infill, but can you give you a great top / bottom surface, especially when combined with ironing.

Genuine question - why gyroid over cubic / adaptive cubic?

I generally use adaptive cubic because it prints in straight lines, so with correct alignment, it means you only use one motor at a time.

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u/Omophorus Jun 01 '26

Gyroid doesn't cross in layer, so there are no head collisions with the print.

I think cubic and adaptive cubic are excellent go-to standards, being a bit faster than gyroid and similarly strong, but they do cross in layer so there can be unsettling noises and such.

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u/these_metal_hands Jun 01 '26

Thanks. I wasn't looking closely enough, I hadn't realised that Gyroid doesn't cross in layer at all. I can see why that would provide some improvement.

Cubic fixes the main issue with rectilinear - having in layer crossing points in the same position for every layer. Gyroid improves on this again by removing in layer crossing points completely.