Hex Drawers (spiralized)

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Who said 3D printing has to be a slow process? This design for a hex-cells storage holds tiny objects like screws and bolts. I designed all these models to be printed in vase mode, with the outer contour spiralized on Cura, so prints have a single continuous wall with no travel moves. These settings make the print extremely fast. To set up the slicer correctly, using a 0.4 nozzle: -set layer height at 0.3 mm -set line width at 0.6 mm -set top layers to 0 -set bottom layers to 3 -activate the spiralize outer contour option in special modes on Cura You can also print these with higher resolution, but pay attention to the bottom thickness: it should be around 1 mm [(bottom layers) * (layer height) = 1mm]. With a 0.3 layer height, it takes about 15 minutes to print a drawer and approximately (15 minutes * number of hexes) to print the storage (so about 2.30 hours for the 10-hex model). The oversized line width is crucial to create micro-connections between walls (making the print very rigid, as shown in the picture) and to have thicker surfaces.