3d printer test

At first we thought to design our own tests, but we changed our minds after a quick research on thingiverse: with all those test already avaible it seemed a waste of time to reinvent the wheel
We chose several discrete tests instead of a single file containing every critical aspect of a design: this way we could analize which setting influences which feature of a print to a higher degree of granularity. Another advantage of singural tests is their shorter print speed, allowing us to perform multiple iterations in the same span of time it would have taken to print a single "multi test".

Bridging test

We started with bridges, aka the ability of a printer to print flat sections that spans any open area.
As a first test we chose to keep the default settings, with the exception of the "infill density", which was brought from 10% to 20%.



Here are the settings in detail:

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.15 mm
Print speed	60 mm/s
Traver speed	120 mm/s
Temperature	210 C

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.15 mm
Print speed	30 mm/s
Traver speed	120 mm/s
Temperature	190 C

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.15 mm
Print speed	30 mm/s
Traver speed	120 mm/s
Temperature	210 C

Overhang test

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.15 mm
Print speed	30 mm/s
Traver speed	120 mm/s
Temperature	210 C

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.1 mm
Print speed	30 mm/s
Traver speed	120 mm/s
Temperature	195 C

Multi test

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.15 mm
Print speed	30 mm/s
Traver speed	120 mm/s
Temperature	210 C

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.1 mm
Print speed	30 mm/s
Traver speed	120 mm/s
Temperature	210 C

Spike test

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.1 mm
Print speed	30 mm/s
Traver speed	180 mm/s
Temperature	210 C

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.1 mm
Print speed	30 mm/s
Traver speed	90 mm/s
Temperature	210 C

Setting	Value
Layer height	0.1 mm
Print speed	30 mm/s
Traver speed	90 mm/s
Temperature	190 C