You cannot rely on infill settings, you need to reinforce the sole at the outer walls and add a big air gap to the heel of the foot. It does not only save material and weight but allow much more comfort
I understand your reasoning for splitting the main body in two but I'd wonder if you could put the seam somewhere else. Maybe laterally? My concern is that just behind the ball of your foot is where shoes seem to flex the most, and that's where my shoes always tear.
Definitely possible! The top of the shoe is really thin compared to the bottom though which would make for a tough print. Perhaps more splitting would be required. The seam was not as bad as I thought ! You could also do one bottom layer while printing the main body pieces to make it even less noticeable. If I was to make something from scratch though, it would be cool to print an entire shoe with no supports and in one piece. We'll see how this video does haha. Thanks for checking it out !
thanks Chris ! Technically the IP of this design is owned by Crocs. It's already kinda pushing it to do the video so I unfortunately wont be able to post these design files. I will do one in the future making my own shoe design (that will also be easier to print), for that one I'll post all the files !
@@stefriegel Kind of! We learned on Solidworks and then after school I started using Fusion 360. It could be done sculpting, for parts of it I used surface modeling. A lot of the video is actually cut out in case someone from Crocs could potentially be upset.
Very interesting. From my experience it is very hard to model such organic shapes without sculpting. Can you recommend any tutorials about surface Modeling?
@@stefriegel Thats a tricky one. If this video does well, fingers crossed, and I do a custom shoe. I will also do a tutorial on the design of it, which I'll post in my Fusion 360 Class (it's free). And I'll send you a link to the video. There are lots of free tutorials on youtube too, you just have to filter through a lot of the content.
This is a really fun idea, I would love to make a whole fleet of these in different colors. Daniel already made a point about the split point but my concern is using CA glue as the adhesive, in my experience CA glues tend to cure as a rigid crystalline that would break under constant load cycles. Have you explored TPU solvents as a way to bond the halves?
No! And it's not that difficult. You definitely need to print slower and play a bit around with retraction and temperature to avoid stringing. But: TPU≠TPU, there are many different shore hardness of TPUs of and of course different manufacturers resulting in very different properties of the filaments
I like how your intro says you 'didn't spend copious amount of time in engineering school not to put it to good use' then proceeds to print the model in halves because you couldn't figure out how to print in one piece.
Where's yours? You internet keyboard warriors are usually the ones in real life that would be too afraid to insult someone, generally small nerdy guys that were bullied heavily as children, I guess the internet gives you courage lol
You cannot rely on infill settings, you need to reinforce the sole at the outer walls and add a big air gap to the heel of the foot. It does not only save material and weight but allow much more comfort
Here is a tip: Using glue on one side and activator spray on opposing face would do better! Nice work btw!
Please make a second video on how to make 3D printed foam runners
Please share the STL files?
OP please respond
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I understand your reasoning for splitting the main body in two but I'd wonder if you could put the seam somewhere else. Maybe laterally?
My concern is that just behind the ball of your foot is where shoes seem to flex the most, and that's where my shoes always tear.
Definitely possible! The top of the shoe is really thin compared to the bottom though which would make for a tough print. Perhaps more splitting would be required. The seam was not as bad as I thought ! You could also do one bottom layer while printing the main body pieces to make it even less noticeable. If I was to make something from scratch though, it would be cool to print an entire shoe with no supports and in one piece. We'll see how this video does haha. Thanks for checking it out !
1:38 Watch, someone's actually going to print out clogs with PLA wood filament now
Any chance you put your 3d files out there for people to tinker with? Great video btw 👍
thanks Chris ! Technically the IP of this design is owned by Crocs. It's already kinda pushing it to do the video so I unfortunately wont be able to post these design files. I will do one in the future making my own shoe design (that will also be easier to print), for that one I'll post all the files !
@@AustenHartley can you design a pair of generic slides? im just lookin for some mail/house shoes lol
STL?
I would love to learn how you made the croc's, I dont know how to begin.
Did you get a chance to test durability?
Super cool 😎
Mad respect for the amazing Fusion360 skills dude!
Appreciate it !
Did you learn this in school? And why you didn’t use sculpting mode?
@@stefriegel Kind of! We learned on Solidworks and then after school I started using Fusion 360. It could be done sculpting, for parts of it I used surface modeling. A lot of the video is actually cut out in case someone from Crocs could potentially be upset.
Very interesting. From my experience it is very hard to model such organic shapes without sculpting. Can you recommend any tutorials about surface Modeling?
@@stefriegel Thats a tricky one. If this video does well, fingers crossed, and I do a custom shoe. I will also do a tutorial on the design of it, which I'll post in my Fusion 360 Class (it's free). And I'll send you a link to the video. There are lots of free tutorials on youtube too, you just have to filter through a lot of the content.
This is a really fun idea, I would love to make a whole fleet of these in different colors. Daniel already made a point about the split point but my concern is using CA glue as the adhesive, in my experience CA glues tend to cure as a rigid crystalline that would break under constant load cycles. Have you explored TPU solvents as a way to bond the halves?
Thanks ! TPU solvents would be a good way to do it. Will look into this for the next one ! Although, no supports or splitting is best case haha.
Any tips on printing tpu? Do you need an enclosure?
No! And it's not that difficult. You definitely need to print slower and play a bit around with retraction and temperature to avoid stringing.
But: TPU≠TPU, there are many different shore hardness of TPUs of and of course different manufacturers resulting in very different properties of the filaments
haha this is great stuff!
How much did this cost you in supplies? Just curious! Great video
Maybe like $10! Super cheap!
soooo... where's the STL for the shoes?
Stl of crocs?
I like how your intro says you 'didn't spend copious amount of time in engineering school not to put it to good use' then proceeds to print the model in halves because you couldn't figure out how to print in one piece.
Where's yours? You internet keyboard warriors are usually the ones in real life that would be too afraid to insult someone, generally small nerdy guys that were bullied heavily as children, I guess the internet gives you courage lol
You didn’t wear them??
I would like to order a pair. How much do you charge?
Not for sale ! Sorry
Where stl file?
Has anyone tried this for baby shoes? They would easily fit on a print bed and don't need to be as robust as adult shoes.
That is actually pretty smart.
Help me make a 3D printed shoe 😩
A UA-camr (unnecessary inventions) made the crocs glove and got a cease and desist from crocs... 😬
💕🔥👍
this is funny