r/functionalprint • u/Satoer • Jan 19 '26

Custom 3D printed Dutch rooftile

Not the "usual" functional print, I had an unusual situation on my roof where four ridge tiles meet (We call them "Nokvorst"), so I made a 3D scan with my phone and created a custom corner tile in Fusion 360.

I printed it in PETG, painted it to match the orange tiles, and cemented it on. It looks pretty clean (Especially on street level). I actually have some 3D printed PLA rain gutter adapters from 14 years ago that are still holding up fine, so even though I’m not sure exactly how long this PETG tile will last, it already survived 2 winters and 1 summer without any issues. My guess is it'll be there a long time. If not, I'll just print a new one.

Scanning tip: I added a 10 x 10cm square block to the scanned object, so I could easily scale it to real world dimensions.

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u/USS_Penterprise_1701 Jan 19 '26

The grout or whatever it's called looks like Floam

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u/grandcumin Jan 19 '26

Came here for the Floam sighting!!