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Also, just having fun trying out a some 3D CAD and printing ideas. More versions on the way.

This one : 42 Stained Glass

As the name implies, I was trying for a stained glass window effect here, by printing in a single print with multiple colors via filament switching. This is a bit tricky since some of the layer colors combine to create new colors, but this also opens up some new possibilities. I used filaments I had on hand, some of which were transparent, but as the layers are thin transparent filaments are not strictly a requirement. See the print instructions for more details on the filaments I used.

Although thus was rather time consuming to create in CAD, the results were better than I hoped; I was surprised to see how well the actual results matched the CAD. This technique has a lot of possibilities.

OnShape 3D CAD files :

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/323d06c181cf87d134cc4f54/w/b1ff8dd9ef50f16ed22d5960/e/3c3307b50b0ffa948b46ea3b

Print instructions

Use the 3mf provided to print in PLA in multiple colors via filament switching.

Note that the 3mf printed versions is scaled 150% from the STL file.

You can of course use any color filaments you like, but keep in mind that some colors will transmit light better than others, and that some colors in the final print will combine. With that in mind, here are the filament colors I used, in the order of printing :

• 1. transparent clear (the base of the print)
• 1. yellow (the circular border)
• 1. transparent red (the numbers)
• 1. black (the outlines around the "sections")

As you can see from the photos, the #2 and #3 colors combine to create orange in this case.