I'm on a Core One and trying to create a model of the 1957 Ford Fairlane hardtop convertible.
This (stl) is the rear hood. Lots of curves, awkard shape and a logo that I'd really like to keep legible.
My first attempt was to cut it horizontally:
It wastes a huge amount of support material, and the logo and curves at the back comes out rough (even with minimal layer height). The thin fiddly part moves around too much and end up with no dimensional accuracy at all - the tips turn into spaghetti and the glue surface doesn't even fit together properly.
Second attempt, split vertically:
Pros: the logo and flair look great, but they tend to pull away from the build plate eeeever so slightly (despite glue and mouse ears!) so they don't join neatly. And the overhangs are outright disastrous. The supported edge is fairly visible and needs to join the car body tightly, but looks like this:
very very rough supported surface
So what would you do?
I've put the STL up on dropbox in case anyone want to play around and try and find a setup that might work. Thanks in advance!