Wall Thickness plastic parts
For Product Design students...
Most students have the habit of modeling in surfaces. Since too many of them are using surface modelers. Wall thickness would go missing. Resulting in only a render as an out put... and no parts and assembly detail.
Also results in a shoddy render job as the edges do not have any rounds... this way you can never render the partings properly.
There's always this confusion with Wall Thickness. Here's some guideline for wall thickness of common resins. The information is simplified, but can be useful. (All values are converted from inches!)
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For Product Design students...
Most students have the habit of modeling in surfaces. Since too many of them are using surface modelers. Wall thickness would go missing. Resulting in only a render as an out put... and no parts and assembly detail.
Also results in a shoddy render job as the edges do not have any rounds... this way you can never render the partings properly.
There's always this confusion with Wall Thickness. Here's some guideline for wall thickness of common resins. The information is simplified, but can be useful. (All values are converted from inches!)
| Wall Thickness | ||
| Resin | min (mm) | max (mm) |
| ABS | 1.143 | 3.556 |
| Acetal | 0.762 | 3.048 |
| Acrylic | 0.635 | 12.7 |
| Long-fiber reinforced plastics | 1.905 | 25.4 |
| Nylon | 0.762 | 2.921 |
| Polycarbonate | 1.016 | 3.81 |
| Polyester | 0.635 | 3.175 |
| Polyethylene | 0.762 | 5.08 |
| Polypropylene | 0.635 | 3.81 |
| Polystyrene | 0.889 | 3.81 |
| Polyurethane | 2.032 | 19.05 |
Source: protomold.com website
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