[amorphous]

The 'slicing software' I use is Simplify 3D. A few days ago, I needed an adapter for my shop vac. Ordered one which I thought would fit from Amazon for about $6. Waited for it to arrive, only to discover it didn't fit. I sketched one out and printed it out in nylon. Below is a screenshot of it sitting in Simplify 3D. Note the material cost and build time at the upper left. It fit perfectly! :)

[sparklite2]

I wrote a lot of VRML back when it was a thing.
Sorta miss it.

[agatheringstorm]

Nice adapter for the shop vac. When I see this image, a couple questions come to mind. Number one, did you create this 3D image from default shapes within the software, which you combined and skewed to fit your purposes? Secondly, you see that second portion of the shape (counting from the bottom), the part that necks down? That angle of reduction appears to be maybe 30 degrees. My question is, what is the maximum angle of reduction that would successfully 3D print? It seems to me that you really couldn’t exceed a 45 degree reduction. If you sketched out a shape that cannot be printed, say it necks down at a 60 degree angle, would the software warn you? I’m just wondering how smart the software is in terms of determining if an “illegal” shape has been created that would require some kind of support.