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docs about strength testing bricks
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@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ The test object. Im going to hold it on a Table and put on weights till it break
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The python script is really easy to use. You need to run it in the cli and give it a path to a file and then it will convert it.
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```bash
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python3 bricklayers.py -extrusionMultiplier 1.2 test_1h21m_0.08mm_205C_PLA_ENDER3.gcode
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python3 bricklayers.py test_1h21m_0.08mm_205C_PLA_ENDER3.gcode -extrusionMultiplier 1.2
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```
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### The prints
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#### With planar infills
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The first one I printed with an extrusionMultiplier of 1.6x.
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```bash
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python3 bricklayers.py -extrusionMultiplier 1.6 test_1h21m_0.08mm_205C_PLA_ENDER3.gcode
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python3 bricklayers.py test_1h21m_0.08mm_205C_PLA_ENDER3.gcode -extrusionMultiplier 1.6
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```
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Infill settings
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### Testing the strength
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To test the strength I made a makeshift setup with a scale on a hook. Then I put the plastic test subject on the bar and pulled really hard until it broke. Then I could read the amount of kg needed to break it from the scale.
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I made 3 prints. One normal using normal settings. One with brick using `Bricklayers.py` and one using `bricklayersNonPlanarInfill.py` using the commands above.
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This is the end result. At the bottom are all the failed prints. At the top are the finished and tested prints. On the left there is the `bricklayers.py` print. The 2 in the middle have no modifications. The one on the right has the `bricklayersNonPlanarInfill.py` modification. The 2 on the left broke in the middle at the same point. Of the left one I got a measurement of 27,75kg. The one in the middle and right I didn't get the measurement because my phone couldn't record the screen of the scale. That's why im doing them again.
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| Which Print | Force down needed to break it |
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| No modifications | 24Kg |
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| Planar infill bricks | 27,75Kg |
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| Non planar infill with bricks | 31,4Kg |
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I also noticed that the non planar infill broke at the same point twice. It could be because the print was getting unstable up there. Because the print failed a couple of times at that point when I was printing it without a solid platform.
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So if it was more stable during printing it may have been even stronger.
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## Creating something that can't be made subtractively
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I wanted to make something simple because my University has been giving a lot of assignments to do during my internship. So I wanted to focus on that. I created a cube with a hole in it and in there another hole on another axis. That way it can't be made subtractively.
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