The assembled T. rex, side view in the garden.
Hi! I adore Split3r, and making this T. rex was so easy using it.
I'm an architect and I am experimenting with larger and larger scale 3D prints, hoping to do custom exterior wall materials some day. This quarter-scale rex was made to test out black ASA filament over the blazing Arizona summer. Because it held up so well, my next experiment will be making a stucco wall look like an ancient Inca irregular stone wall.
Front view, jaws open.
The maker with the main parts before assembly; tape marks the joints.
Split3r allowed me to quickly try different scales and different ways of lining up the cuts, and to create an efficient print that shaved about a week off the total printing time.
Split3r in Explode mode: 57 pieces and 187 tenons.
Close-up on the split head with its tenons.
I haven't tried the latest version, but I am hoping for a smoother interior wall when creating a hollow model. There were a few times when the flat surfaces were upside down in the print, so they needed supports, where if they'd been smoother they would have printed fine without them. I think this means a higher-resolution version of the interior skin.
Head, tail, arm and body sections laid out; the hollow interior shows the tenon sockets.
The same parts from another angle.