I’ve altered the default "Dremel, Best" settings here to have a 60% fill instead of the default value of 25%. I preview my tool path again and it looks fine. It gave me one weird support off to the side which I don’t think is going to be necessary, so I go back to Supports in the timeline at the top and click Delete Supports. It calculates the slicing for me and gives me a slider so I can preview the tool path slice by slice. It’s not showing any, so next I click Supports, followed by Preview. Going down the line in the top menu, I click on Repair to make sure my model doesn’t have any errors. I click Center and Move to Bed to make sure it’s in the right place, but Print Studio apparently does this automatically. I click on the Move tool in the menu on the left and grab the rotation modifier to turn the model 180º. Print Studio has a variety of printer models you can choose from in the type selector. We'll get into support structures in-depth later in the class. This means my graphic will be untouched, meaning I won't have to clean any supports off of the graphic. If I orient the model the other way, however, there won't be any need for support structures. This means that if my stamp graphic is oriented so that it's on the bed, the slicing software is going to have to make support structures that tough the voids in the stamp graphic. Model features that are overhanging have to be supported in order to print. I don’t want to print it this way because the stamp feature won’t be as smooth. My model comes in with the same orientation I made it in, so the stamp feature is facing down. Print Studio is made by Autodesk and is included with Fusion. I select 3D Print under the Make menu, then click on my model and click OK to send it to Print Studio. Slicing the Model: Now that my model is finished, it’s time to send it to the slicer. The service bureau will have instructions for uploading the STL to their platform. If you're using a service bureau, all you have to do is right-click on the model body in the Browser on the left in Fusion 360, and select Save as STL from the menu. Now that our 3D model is ready to go, it's time to setup the printer and start making! USING A SERVICE BUREAU
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