This is the ideal Hexagonal NASA Chainmail model for FDM.
I increased the thickness of the chain from 1.2~1.5 to 1.8(mm), making it easy to print and more than twice as strong while keeping the size of the original.
I designed this to have almost the same flexibility as the original.
Printing was successful even at 70% size.
All versions of .step files are provided for you so you can edit easily. (Prusaslicer 2.5 and later versions can directly load .step as well as .stl files)
A large version of this model takes more than 2 hours to slice. Â So, I provided .gcode files for MK3/S/+.
Happy Printing!
UPDATE: added .gcode file for MINI/+
Ideal NASA Chainmail Hex for FDM(STEP included)
by Gamma4D · original on Printables ↗
Learning / Engineering
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NASAchainmail_hex_d5.stl
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NASAchainmail_hex_p1.stlDEFAULT
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NASAchainmail_hex_d7.stl
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NASAchainmail_hex_d9.stl
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NASAchainmail_hex_d17.stl
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NASAchainmail_hex_d13.stl
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