Eve Plex

Notable deviations from the source material

1. The original is asymmetric. Plex in the store pictures is not 3d modeled, but drawn by an artist. Asymmetry provides a more balanced appearing weight. This is especially prominent on the darkened ‘digital' looking lines, and the crossbar of the X.
2. Its 3D! Most source material has shadows indicating that the X is embossed. However, it also shows them neatly stacked very high, with no apparent gap from said embossing. This is fine in the drawn artwork, because it can ignore physics. I chose to create a matching recess.

Slicer Configuration

1. 0.4mm nozzle with 0.2mm layer height.
2. I used grid supports to hold up the inside of the recess. I had a heck of a time getting bridging to work well with silk filaments, so I took this shortcut.
3. I found that the default in Prusa slicer of 0.1mm passes resulted in discolored sections resulting from heat buildup. Increasing the pass width to 0.2mm resolved this.
4. I turned on single perimeter on first/last layer.
5. I enabled ‘external perimeters first’, since there are no overhangs.

Filaments Used

1. eSUN Silk Copper PLA https://a.co/d/6iwIgMR
2. ELEGOO PLA+ White https://a.co/d/fat7D7U

The copper is a bit redder than the source material. If I was to do it again, I would probably buy a ‘yellow’ or ‘gold’ silk or metallic filament.

Original OnShape Source

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e76db501299968689cdd3b13/w/943d7f4b3189960030f9d41a/e/fc03bf1c997e34aadb1abbdd?renderMode=0&uiState=681128b148fb35460c1f7490

Version 1.1

Added a chamfer around the edges, and deepened the groves.