Articulated Neuron by bovineblitz

bovineblitz

Education>Biology

Print Profile(4)

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X1 Carbon

P1S

P1P

X1E

Large multicolor (V2)

Designer

5.6 h

1 plate

5.0(1)

Large single color (V2)

Designer

1.4 h

1 plate

1.0(1)

Small single color

Designer

1.5 h

1 plate

Small multicolor

Designer

7.3 h

1 plate

Open in Bambu Studio

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Released

Description

Articulated model of a neuron, featuring the myelin sheath on every section along the axon and vesicles at the axon terminal!

I made two versions, both of which are printed in place with no supports needed:
1 - Larger model with joints as hidden as possible. This version should not be scaled down much as the joints will fuse.
2 - Smaller model with more exposed but significantly more robust joints. This just fits on an A1 mini and can be scaled down further, and has a bit more range of motion.

Also included are AMS color and monotone versions of each. The print profiles use adaptive layer heights which help make the rounded portions look nice, especially with silk PLA.

V2 indicates that the model was improved based on feedback, the tolerances in the joints are greater and now print more cleanly.

Comment & Rating (4)

@Ellylino

Print Profile

Large single color (V2)

Strength Issue:unfortunately does not work. Printed the large version in one colour. Unfortunately, the first joint broke immediately and two others don't move at all. Half an hour earlier I printed a similar flexi model and had no problems at all.

The designer has replied

@bovineblitz

I'm sorry to hear that you had issue with the joints. Tolerances are quite tight on the large neuron, I didn't have any issues with the dozen or so I printed though for silk I did slow outer walls down to 50 mm/s and slowed down overhangs as well. There is an overhang in the joint that could cause fusing if it doesn't print very well, and silk can be a bit touchy with overhangs, so I imagine that's what happened in this case. I looked more closely at the model and saw some room for improvement in the positioning of the pieces, so I uploaded new profiles for the larger designs that will result in cleaner joints. I wouldn't have noticed that without your feedback so thank you for taking the time to share your review. I'm sorry about your wasted filament and time, I'm very excited about this model and feel badly that it gave you trouble. If you do want to try it again the new profile will be a big help, though you may want to consider the smaller version which has much greater tolerances and can even be scaled down significantly.

(Edited)

@legoloco47

Replying to @bovineblitz :

Holy cow. Great response and initiative. Im going to print out V2 later today! I'll let you know how it goes!

(Edited)

@legoloco47

Print Profile

Large multicolor (V2)

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