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Special Geometries

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Not every print is equally hard to create. There are a few special cases that require particular setups. These prints involve extremes in one physical property or another—hollow, or completely solid, or thin, or otherwise a shape that pushes the envelope of filament printing. On the other hand, sometimes a print that has an “obvious” straightforward way to print it can benefit from one of the processes in this chapter.

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© 2020 Joan Horvath, Rich Cameron

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Horvath, J., Cameron, R. (2020). Special Geometries. In: Mastering 3D Printing. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5842-2_9

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