Smooth Finish for Curved Text

[natleow]

Dear all,

I am trying to print curved text to stick on plates (for home sign boards) to sell, but the top finish has stripes/lines. Is there any way to mitigate this, or any other possible solution? I tried to flip it top-bottom but it looks worse after I peel off the support.

It looks like this now:

I also attached the STL file in case anyone is curious to try. Any suggestions or help is very much appreciated! Thank you!

[JHRendon]

You can set variable layer height or print your part in another position (you will require some supports in other faces but the aesthetic face you want will look good) 

[g-andresen]

Hi,

1. for this I would first print in the curved area with a low layer height.
2. either sand the surface or print with ASA/ABS and vapour-deposit it with acetone.

Tutorial

günther

[Drewpan]

Hi,

3D printing is never exact and it can be difficult to get a good finish. There are ways you can fix this with the slicer

software and the printing settings. Sometimes a hotter print will work. Sometimes hotter and slower. It really is a

case of playing around with these settings until you get it right. Try changing material. This can also affect finish.

Someone has already suggested the acetone vapour method but I think that you might need the good old fashioned

"2 seconds on the belt sander" method. If that doesn't work then a combination of that and the acetone.

I don't think there is any setting in fusion that will affect the print enough to clean this up. It is definitely a printing

issue so printing solutions will get the job done.

Cheers

Andrew