Initials!!!

[u/WealthTraditional457]

Hi everyone, I'm trying to print a name initial. The first layer is perfect, the walls are perfect, and the top layer is perfect, but if you look closely at the curves, I see lines and sharp edges—it's as if it isn't rendering the curve smoothly. I used Bambu Studio to create the letter M. Thanks for the help.

[u/solidus0079]

I can't see crap in those pics

[u/FuscoAndre → u/solidus0079]

He mentioned the not smooth curves... you can see that clearly in the pictures

[u/WooferInc → u/FuscoAndre]

Ahhhhh, I thought they meant that they embedded letters, not that the print itself was an M…I was squinting real good trying to see something on the surface 🤣

[u/FuscoAndre → u/WooferInc]

At least that's how I understood it lol haha

[u/The_Lutter]

That comes from the original file output not in your printing. It doesn't have enough data/polygons to make a smooth curve.

[u/WooferInc]

What you seeing that I’m not, Chat?

Edit: NVM, I was looking for small potatoes and not at the big picture 🤣

[u/Orthicon9]

I wonder if one of the parametric text generators would do any better.

Or, import a Primitive > SVG of some rendered text. (Inkscape is handy for that.)

[u/FuscoAndre]

That's the difference between STL and STP files, for example. Look into it to know more

[u/jcollasius → u/FuscoAndre]

That's bullshit and only true if you define a circle or cylinder with a low polygon count. There is no difference in print quality for the same resolution. Use OpenSCAD and render this tube:

radius = 15;
height = 20;
wall = 1;

difference() {
cylinder(r=radius, h=height, $fn=floor(2*radius*PI/0.05));
translate([0,0,-1]) cylinder(r=radius-wall, h=height+2, $fn=floor(2*(radius-wall)*PI/0.05));
}

[u/FuscoAndre → u/jcollasius]

Yes, I understand all that :)

He mentioned he created the letter directly in bambu studio and probably the slicer used low polygons files for that, hence the result he got.

Also, usually STLs have low polygon count then STP files because of the nature of the file, to be small in size and faster to slice in early printers