How to create a 3D Printed Picture! (Lithophane)

[@Tactigoose]

Followed this slowed it down to 80 speed on my V3 and boom 13 hours later I had an amazing gift for my co worker for secret Santa! thank you.

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

@@Tactigoose So awesome to hear!!

[@concernedcitizen780]

I print my liqthophanes standing up. Aligned on the y axis. I also use a brim.

[@DillClan_08]

why are there not more likes on this! I had no idea that cura could do this, thank you very much

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

Happy I could show you this!

[@AmixLiark]

It's important to point out that a very small nozzle should be used if you want to print these laying down. 0.1 to 0.2 mm will give you the best quality. If you want to print it faster and have a better resolution with a standard 0.4 mm nozzle it is better to print these upright.

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

Great point! Thanks for adding that!

[@PhotoshopAkademie]

Good job man thanks!

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

No problem! Glad it helped!

[@3dStudioPrinting]

Very cool

[@alexrivera-yb2mj]

where can I find that same frame to hang?

[@Dr.Dubz_]

Nice video! Please can you share your designs for the manual frame & the led frame? I’d love to try this Thanks!😃

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

Sure thing! Will try and get a video up within the week!

[@funnyprojects7330]

What type of fillament you use?

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

This was just white PLA 1.75mm

[@primejamel]

what are your printer setting because mine says it will take 20 hours even though it has the same dimensions.

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

@Richard Hosking it's not necessarily the wrong way of printing it. I found by doing it laying down, I didn't see any layer lines when the light showed through. Nothing wrong though with printing it standing up

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

.1mm layer height. 100% infill. Print speed 50. Initial layer speed 15.

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

@Richard Hosking awesome, keep me posted! If there's a way I can do this better, I'm all for it

[@brucewhite4531]

@@quicktechtutorials7289 You lose a lot of detail with the print laid down. All the lines are .4 wide so your .1 setting doesn't really do much.

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

@@brucewhite4531 not necessarily. the .1 setting will impact the detail based on how thick I make the lithophane. Each additional layer provides less light showing through so if I made the total thickness 2.5 mm vs 4 mm, there is a difference in the detail and how much contract the lithophane has.

[@Yxnnik_Star_Wars_Facts]

how to make them with colours

[@AmixLiark]

You'd need a multi-filament printer but it's not ever going to look like a color picture unless you have a 0.1-0.2 mm nozzle, RYB filament and z-hop dot art g-code modifiers... this doesn't exist to my knowledge. It would basically have to do each top layer like placing individual pixels down and it would have to hop so as not to hit other pixels already deposited. It's possible but it won't be hd and it will take a very long time to setup and print.

[@fulv_uk]

Don’t you have to print it standing up?

[@quicktechtutorials7289]

Not necessarily. While a lot of videos show it printing standing up, I've had success printing it laying down