Last Footwear Remix 2 ( low Polygon) Now with plug in tongue.

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PRINTED at 50% scale. 0.2 mm No support. 100% completed. Great print result. Photos both with and without using a flash, so you don't get the translucent effect. Actually looks far better in real life, when compared to the photos. DISCLAIMER This is all experimental. Not tested at full scale. Designing a wearable shoe is no easy feat. At present, this shoe is NOT wearable in my opinion. It needs more work. In short, it doesn't flex in the right places, especially the forefront of the shoe. You could try to fix this yourself by making the front section near the bend point thinner and also if you have a sophisticated slicer, lower or vary the infill in that front bend section of the shoe. As much as a remix, this is a learning exercise in how to make a wearable shoe. That is a work in progress and it could be a few more days, before I get time to look into this further. My second remix of this shoe. Firstly thanks to the designer (Ilias) for putting his solid model template design out there. I actually like this unconventional design, which lends itself to 3D printing. WHAT'S INCLUDED? 1. Remix Shoe without supports. 2. Plug in shoe tongue 3. Remix Shoe with custom supports, (no need for you to add software generated supports) I've added a clip in tongue flap and made the shoe stand taller. The tongue flap can easily be remade in TinkerCAD if you want to make adjustments. I've tested the tongue flap plug outside of the shoe and the fit was snug. i.e. difficult to unplug, so very secure. Either way, hope you like it. This could be a very challenging print. Still working it out. Sometimes software generated supports can be a bit tricky. I might make some manual custom supports that you cut away with sharp scissors. I think the next task for me or even you is to reduce the size of the model to test custom supports and get that right before printing a full scale shoe. Approx shoe size 9.5. You can easily re-scale it to fit your feet. I don't have a big enough printer to print it, so if anyone gets a chance to print it, I would love to see it. I suggest a flexible filament like TPU 95a. Try perhaps 25% Infill? Perhaps print a small one first, in order to get a feel for the design. 300 x 300 print bed required for the full size shoe. (i.e. approx. 290mm in length) This is the left shoe. To get the right shoe, simply mirror it in TinkerCAD or other CAD software or even slicer software if possible. CONCLUSION (So far) I think this is a very printable shoe. If you have a high quality printer with multi material support, even better. I've printed this at 50% scale on a $300 single head printer and swapped the filament during the print, to get a multi coloured result. The material eSUN TPU 95A seems about just right for this project. Actually my first ever multi colour print effort. (Two multi colour print tests with the first one failing and I learned a few things from that and tried again with success) This is a cheap and nasty way to do multi colour, but better than nothing. In terms of functionality as a shoe, I suspect much more work needs to be put into this aspect. The sole of the shoe lacks flexibility, so I will need to experiment with different thicknesses and infill. Overall still happy with the results so far. OTHER STUFF GOING ON I've also found a smooth poly shoe I'm working on over the weekend. Stay tuned. I'm also working on a 2 piece shoe design so that a full size shoe can be printed on a smaller 200 x 200 print bed. That will take a bit longer. I'm approaching the limits of TinkerCAD which is great for most basic stuff, however things like shoes seem a little too complex for TinkerCAD, unless you import them in and remix them.