This clip, however, can be used as much as you want without breaking (trust me, I have one on my desk as I write this and I’ve been playing with it for days without any issues). Meaning that if you tried printing a part like the one above using a dual-extrusion printer, the parts would not bond together properly and would fall apart either immediately, or after light use. That’s because CPE and TPU are incompatible materials. It’s around now that anyone experienced with multi-material printing might be getting excited. The second exciting thing about this clip is that it was printed all together as a single part without any assembly required. TPU is flexible and it was used to print the black hinge (and the less functional but still cute eyes). CPE is a rigid material and it was used for the green prongs of the clip. The reason is that the print was made using two different materials. ![]() When squeezed at the bottom, the teeth will open and when released they will spring shut. This print can be used as a working clip. At first glance, it may not seem all that exciting, but there's a lot more going on than meets the eye.įirstly, it’s functional. This adorable clip was designed by our very own Mariska Maas to show off the potential of material interlocking and can be found on Thingiverse. To find out how, let's take a look at a printed part: Material interlocking is a new feature in this release with the power to unlock a huge number of exciting applications. Material interlocking enables truly unrestricted multi-material printing Not to mention, a whole bunch of new printer profiles for non-UltiMaker printers! Anyone who has downloaded or heard about the recent Cura 5.3 beta release should be extremely excited! In this stable release, Cura 5.3 achieves yet another huge leap forward in 3D printing thanks to material interlocking! As well as introducing an expanded recommended print settings menu and lots of print quality improvements.
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