Slic3r has the capability of creating seven infill patterns. These patterns can be interesting and fun, but they also serve a practical function. Each pattern will offer different qualities in strength and have a different print time and material usage. In this recipe, we'll learn how to select the infill pattern and adjust its density.
Open Slic3r and follow the procedure:
Select the Print Settings tab and then choose Infill. The section where we'll be making our changes is illustrated in the following screenshot:
The default Fill density in Slic3r is
0.4
. For sampling the infill textures, we'll change this to0.25
. This will create an infill that's less dense and easier for us to visually examine.Now we'll choose the Fill Pattern. There are seven infill patterns as follows:
rectilinear
line
concentric
honeycomb
hilbertcurve (slow)
archimedianchords (slow)
octagramspiral...