How to Optimize Model Seams in QIDI Studio?

In addition to the spiral vase mode, each outer circle path that the nozzle passes through during 3D printing must have a starting point and an end point, which will form a seam on the side of the object and greatly affects the appearance (as shown in the figure below).

In order to improve the overall texture and printing accuracy of the model, QIDI Studio provides a special seam drawing tool and seam position setting to help users hide the seam position during the slicing process, thereby obtaining a more refined printing effect.

Example

Before using the seam painting tool, we can see that the seam is located on the front of the mask, which greatly affects the appearance.

After painting the seam, we can see that the seam is located on the back of the mask and does not affect the performance.

The model effect shown in the figure above is achieved by painting seams. If you want to achieve a similar effect, you can follow the steps below.

Steps

1.Select the model, click on “Seam Painting” in the menu, and enter the seam painting interface.

2.Paint the seam at the appropriate position of the model.

3.Click on the “Slice plate”and you can find the seam appears where we painted it.

Seam Position Settings

There are four types of seam positions to choose from in QIDI Studio: Nearest, Aligned, Rear and Random. They can continue to optimize the seam representation.

For the working principles and expressions of the algorithms related to these four seam modes, please refer to QIDI Wiki:

https://wiki.qidi3d.com/en/software/qidi-slicer/print-settings/seam-position

Example of Optimizing Seam Position:

Problem Analysis: As shown in the figure above, after using the “Align” seam mode, the seams of this model are mainly distributed in parts 1 and 2.

Part 1: The seam is located on the front of the model, which affects the performance and needs to be optimized to the back of it.

Part 2: The seams are already hidden on the concave vertices and perform well, sp no optimization is needed.

Optimization steps: Use the seam painting tool to paint the seam on the back of the ball, and then slice it. We can find that the seams on the front of the model disappeared.

In the end

Through the above tutorials and introductions, you can effectively optimize the model seams and appearance in QIDI Studio. Seam optimization can also enhance the stability of the overall structure, providing strong support for you to create higher quality 3D printed works.

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