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Filament Swatch

Dana avatarDana

March 24, 2024

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Intended Design/Use

Let me admit up front that there are many great filament swatch designs available on this site. That said, I wanted a small swatch that didn't take long to print (less than 10 minutes), would have space for a 0.5" x 1.5" (13mm x 38mm) thermal label, and could give me a reasonable sense of a filament's translucency.

I drew inspiration from this mini filament swatch by @smiksky: https://www.printables.com/model/271311-mini-filament-swatch

Overall dimensions of the swatch are:
75mm x 18mm x 1.8mm (x, y, z)
The hole is 8mm in diameter

I chose to have the translucency samples get more opaque toward the edge of the swatch. There are 5 translucency samples at 0.2mm - 1.0mm in 0.2mm layer height increments.

Model created in Fusion.

Printable Parts

filament_swatch.stl

Print Settings

0.2mm Layer Height
3 Perimeters
100% Infill
No supports required


Notes
* In my photos I’m using the paracord connector (printed at 50% size) by @MattG_79511: https://www.printables.com/model/31849-sample-filament-swatch-with-paracord-loop-connecto
* For personal use only
* Not for sale

License:

Creative Commons — Attribution

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