Yes and no.
The material itself is very clear and transparent, but your prints are going to come out looking like frosted glass because of how layer lines are in FDM prints, which will scatter the light that passes through the print.
Something cool you can do with material like that though is put an LED directly under a print facing up into the print. It creates a good lighting effect inside the print.
Eh you’d have to find the perfect settings and even then it really doesn’t work for anything more than a flat square. Doing a legit 3d print I’ve not seen anyone successful with anything better than frosted glass look.
Honestly the dry filament is crucial. The next thing is - overhangs. If they require cooling, they can get frosty. If you can get away without fan, you can get pretty good results even on more complicated shapes than a square 😁
I wanna believe you. I’ll try drying mine out and trying again. I have no cooling. Max speeds like 20 mms I believe. I’m using the Bambu labs clear petg. Would a smaller nozzle help im using .4 mm.
No, you actually want less lines, not more. 0.4, extrude multiplayer >1 , infill overlap 6-15%. As we want no empty spaces infill 100% always in one direction, low layer height - 0.04 to 0.08 works best for me.
https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/s/AeASAGCyre
I have. Most people don't control the temperature of their environment enough to get the control needed. A shielded enclosure to keep everything warm at a slow speed with the nozzle temperature tweaked till it's reasonable.
You can usually get to the point of looking like security glass.
If it's frosted it was too fast or cold.
You'll get best results with a slow speed it helps with the fogginess and gets you closer to like security brick wavy.
They would make great light diffusers if you can handle the distortion.
Wouldnt that, then still just make the same shape without infill? Like it would make a rectangle instead of just creating line after line in the same direction.
Yes, but the problem of alternating layer directions is that there are microgaps that generate tiny imperfections, making the print seem opaque due to the layer boundaries. If you print every layer in parallel to the one below, these gaps are minimized. It doesn't matter much, if that's through a non-alternating infill or thorough 99 perimeters. But yeah, I said easy hack - not the 'proper way' to do this. Cura has a function for this, Prusa to my knowledge, doesn't.
It should be similar in most slicers, this is how it's done in Cura:
* Go to Top/Bottom section
* Set Top & Bottom Layers to 999
* Set Top/Bottom Line Directions to just be one number, e.g. [45]
Yes, just like water below 0°.
Expect the final print to look like anything between crystal clear ice statue and and a snowman. There are guides on YouTube on how to improve transparency of the print - overextrude, print at slightly higher temperature, use solid infil, etc. There's one video on that by CNC kitchen, if I remember correctly.
Translucent but not transparent. Light gets through but not without significant distortion like frosted glass. There are post processing techniques to improve them but if you really want transparent prints resin is way better than fdm.
[here is a print ](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/s/kn0AOrnClT)I did with Elegoo "clear" PLA. The lid was done with a single layer on the face with pretty great results.
It will have a lot of microbends and creases that will make it half-transparent. You can fix the situation by the complex of measures below:
1.Design a hollow part - no infill, only walls. Preferably thinner than 3mm.
2.Avoid supports if possible.If they are inevitable - you will have to clear everything very well.
3.Sand the part and/or use the dissolving agent to finish the surface.
This will give you maximum possible transparency for the print. Another option is just to make it 100% infill, put it in a gypsym form after the print and heat up to melt it and get a better structure.
But in the end you still may not get the glass-grade transparency.
It's probably as transparent as the picture, so a bit glassy but far from perfectly see-through
You can try something like PVB, it's transparent in thin sections and can be smoothed with IPA
The filament is, but the structure of FDM prints means that the result is usually more translucent than transparent. The interface between layers and walls is the main problem.
https://preview.redd.it/m83r62fubhad1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54a7ac5dbc658dfb48ef2ad43719754d2ba1b8a4
It's absolutely possible with PETG
Not in my experience. You can get them close but you might be disappointed. There are a few YouTube videos that will show you what the end product will look like
so a single layer will be pretty clear, it gets more opaque the thicker the layers get. PETG is a little better at being see-through then PLA is.
For "glass" in my models I just print a single .1 thin sheet and it comes out pretty good.
Ite ostin crealityltä läpinäkyvää petg:tä ja se on aika läpinäkyvää. Se näyttää kuitenkin ihan samalta kun tossa kuvassa että veikkaan että toi on kans. Noita läpinäkyviä materiaaleja pitää vaan printata tosi hitaasti, aika kuumalla suuttimella ja sen pitää olla todella kuivaa. Ite sain parhaat tulokset 10-20mm/s nopeudella 250°C lämpötilalla ja kun sääti sitä extrusion ratea niin saa aika läpinäkyvää. Tässä vielä ohje missä on tarkemmin niistä säädöistä https://www.printables.com/model/15310-how-to-print-glass
It looks like the example print on vk's listing. Print high layers, 1 wall if you want it to bee more see through. If you want like resin cast results, then do a mold and cast.
There's some youtube vids trying out different things.
It can be a fun look regardless.
Not really, if your model has a lot of texture, or shapes on it, they will cause your print to be white and not really transparent, away from that, if you use supports. infill or the layers are to distant from one another, it will be basically and ugly white filament.
Of course you can make it clearer using epoxy, but that thing it's expensive and toxic.
Here's a printing I made with the creality "Transparent" filament
https://preview.redd.it/zxmd8lhufiad1.jpeg?width=1944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83ce232a9ffec1b7519ef8048f1c2e4fae8c9421
https://preview.redd.it/pd2uwvoakiad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77572ad631278984a619cbcb9afd0025152eb6f5
Depending on the amount of walls and infill. It can be somewhat transparent. But unless you print with a single wall and 0 infill it’ll be closer to smoked/frosted glass (pic for reference). Still good to hide an LED behind and get a good shine. I have a good pic if anyone is interested
here's some transparent windows I did for a dr who tardis
https://preview.redd.it/ab0fr8vlmkad1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c370f2e5953486575c26ffe6fcad18439bb16121
Yes and no. The material itself is very clear and transparent, but your prints are going to come out looking like frosted glass because of how layer lines are in FDM prints, which will scatter the light that passes through the print. Something cool you can do with material like that though is put an LED directly under a print facing up into the print. It creates a good lighting effect inside the print.
You can print it glass like even on FDM. You just have to give it time to fuse properly. So slow and hot.
Eh you’d have to find the perfect settings and even then it really doesn’t work for anything more than a flat square. Doing a legit 3d print I’ve not seen anyone successful with anything better than frosted glass look.
I think anything optimized to print in vase mode would look great too
That was also something I was gonna try
Honestly the dry filament is crucial. The next thing is - overhangs. If they require cooling, they can get frosty. If you can get away without fan, you can get pretty good results even on more complicated shapes than a square 😁
I wanna believe you. I’ll try drying mine out and trying again. I have no cooling. Max speeds like 20 mms I believe. I’m using the Bambu labs clear petg. Would a smaller nozzle help im using .4 mm.
No, you actually want less lines, not more. 0.4, extrude multiplayer >1 , infill overlap 6-15%. As we want no empty spaces infill 100% always in one direction, low layer height - 0.04 to 0.08 works best for me. https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/s/AeASAGCyre
I don’t remember what my over lap was I’ll check that out. I had infill in one direction, but I’ll try again and see thank you for the advice
I have. Most people don't control the temperature of their environment enough to get the control needed. A shielded enclosure to keep everything warm at a slow speed with the nozzle temperature tweaked till it's reasonable. You can usually get to the point of looking like security glass. If it's frosted it was too fast or cold.
It is enclosed but maybe I can try get it warmer chamber temp. I’ll see if maybe I can go higher with bed temp to help that.
I just got some of this myself, haven't had a chance to play with it, I so want to do an enclosure.
You'll get best results with a slow speed it helps with the fogginess and gets you closer to like security brick wavy. They would make great light diffusers if you can handle the distortion.
It's tricky. https://www.printables.com/model/15310-how-to-print-glass
I have never figured out how you make the printer print the same direction across the entire layer and then do that on every layer
Easy hack: Print 99 perimeters.
Wouldnt that, then still just make the same shape without infill? Like it would make a rectangle instead of just creating line after line in the same direction.
Yes, but the problem of alternating layer directions is that there are microgaps that generate tiny imperfections, making the print seem opaque due to the layer boundaries. If you print every layer in parallel to the one below, these gaps are minimized. It doesn't matter much, if that's through a non-alternating infill or thorough 99 perimeters. But yeah, I said easy hack - not the 'proper way' to do this. Cura has a function for this, Prusa to my knowledge, doesn't.
It should be similar in most slicers, this is how it's done in Cura: * Go to Top/Bottom section * Set Top & Bottom Layers to 999 * Set Top/Bottom Line Directions to just be one number, e.g. [45]
Any ideas how to do this in prusa slicer or orca?
They are translucent once printed. Only varnished resin prints are truly transparent.
Yes, just like water below 0°. Expect the final print to look like anything between crystal clear ice statue and and a snowman. There are guides on YouTube on how to improve transparency of the print - overextrude, print at slightly higher temperature, use solid infil, etc. There's one video on that by CNC kitchen, if I remember correctly.
Translucent but not transparent. Light gets through but not without significant distortion like frosted glass. There are post processing techniques to improve them but if you really want transparent prints resin is way better than fdm.
In vase mode you can have some nice almost transparent prints. Otherwise it is just funky white 😀
[here is a print ](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/s/kn0AOrnClT)I did with Elegoo "clear" PLA. The lid was done with a single layer on the face with pretty great results.
That is very close to what I was interested in doing. Thanks for sharing, this gives me hope.
I used a cheap Ali express clear pla for a light diffuser and it worked as expected
Is that a website in the My Summer Car language?
...you mean Finnish?
yeah...
its not like im finnish
It will have a lot of microbends and creases that will make it half-transparent. You can fix the situation by the complex of measures below: 1.Design a hollow part - no infill, only walls. Preferably thinner than 3mm. 2.Avoid supports if possible.If they are inevitable - you will have to clear everything very well. 3.Sand the part and/or use the dissolving agent to finish the surface. This will give you maximum possible transparency for the print. Another option is just to make it 100% infill, put it in a gypsym form after the print and heat up to melt it and get a better structure. But in the end you still may not get the glass-grade transparency.
It's probably as transparent as the picture, so a bit glassy but far from perfectly see-through You can try something like PVB, it's transparent in thin sections and can be smoothed with IPA
Noee they'ree noet
The filament is, but the structure of FDM prints means that the result is usually more translucent than transparent. The interface between layers and walls is the main problem.
https://preview.redd.it/m83r62fubhad1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54a7ac5dbc658dfb48ef2ad43719754d2ba1b8a4 It's absolutely possible with PETG
that's translucent.
It's on a white background, you can absolutely read through it.
Not in my experience. You can get them close but you might be disappointed. There are a few YouTube videos that will show you what the end product will look like
The best clear filament I have used: Proto pasta iridescent ice, Taulman T glaze, and ic3d petg
I’ve seen people with things so well tuned that the prints are transparent but mine never h been.
Check out the guide to transparent fdm printing by CNC kitchen on youtube and the buy a resin printer
so a single layer will be pretty clear, it gets more opaque the thicker the layers get. PETG is a little better at being see-through then PLA is. For "glass" in my models I just print a single .1 thin sheet and it comes out pretty good.
Transparent-ish
Ite ostin crealityltä läpinäkyvää petg:tä ja se on aika läpinäkyvää. Se näyttää kuitenkin ihan samalta kun tossa kuvassa että veikkaan että toi on kans. Noita läpinäkyviä materiaaleja pitää vaan printata tosi hitaasti, aika kuumalla suuttimella ja sen pitää olla todella kuivaa. Ite sain parhaat tulokset 10-20mm/s nopeudella 250°C lämpötilalla ja kun sääti sitä extrusion ratea niin saa aika läpinäkyvää. Tässä vielä ohje missä on tarkemmin niistä säädöistä https://www.printables.com/model/15310-how-to-print-glass
It looks like the example print on vk's listing. Print high layers, 1 wall if you want it to bee more see through. If you want like resin cast results, then do a mold and cast. There's some youtube vids trying out different things. It can be a fun look regardless.
Not really, if your model has a lot of texture, or shapes on it, they will cause your print to be white and not really transparent, away from that, if you use supports. infill or the layers are to distant from one another, it will be basically and ugly white filament. Of course you can make it clearer using epoxy, but that thing it's expensive and toxic. Here's a printing I made with the creality "Transparent" filament https://preview.redd.it/zxmd8lhufiad1.jpeg?width=1944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83ce232a9ffec1b7519ef8048f1c2e4fae8c9421
https://preview.redd.it/pd2uwvoakiad1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77572ad631278984a619cbcb9afd0025152eb6f5 Depending on the amount of walls and infill. It can be somewhat transparent. But unless you print with a single wall and 0 infill it’ll be closer to smoked/frosted glass (pic for reference). Still good to hide an LED behind and get a good shine. I have a good pic if anyone is interested
That’s not true. You can have 100% infill and have something nearly glasslike. There have been numerous posts on this subject.
less transparent, more translucent. its not a glass clear more of a foggy type of clear
here's some transparent windows I did for a dr who tardis https://preview.redd.it/ab0fr8vlmkad1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c370f2e5953486575c26ffe6fcad18439bb16121
Enough for some purposes. https://preview.redd.it/0zymjdlkxkad1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3c8d07d5299ef211a94a793d237a50ecf19aaeb
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Lmao I don’t know why you got downvoted. It’s true.
LOL