How to Design for The Teleport Ecommerce 3D Printing Service

Teleport is a 3D Printing service that lets you plug right into your Etsy or shopify store (others too but too many to mention). But another way to think about it is a rented 3D Printer. So when just like when you got your first 3D Printer you might want to run some test prints and see what it is and isn't good at.

So in this post we are going to run through how to design good parts for Teleport and some of the base settings to be aware of.

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Teleport Print Service Settings

• The Part Prints in the Orientation your Upload. (To Change Orientation)

• 0.2 mm Layer Height

• Every wall (Top, bottom, side, diagonal) is 1mm thick

• 25% infill (Grid)

• Support for overhangs over 45 degrees

• 0.4mm Nozzle

• 220x220x220mm Build Volume

• Materials and Colors (Check Teleport more are added all the time. Here is a baseline)

• Z Seam at the Rear

• Textured Build Plate

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How to Design for Teleport Print Service

The rules of Teleport are really the rules of general FDM. Following these you can make a part that will print well every time.

1. Avoid Thin Walls

   1. Ensure no wall is thinner than 1 mm to maintain structural strength and reliability. Standard FDM nozzles require enough width to create solid walls.

2. Reduce Overhangs

   1. Avoid horizontal overhangs that require support material, which increases labor and reduces surface quality. Use built-in support structures like chamfers instead.

3. Simplify the First Layer

   1. The first layer should be as simple and round as possible, with minimal detail or text, to improve bed adhesion and reliability.

4. Round is Better

   1. Fillet all vertical edges to reduce printer slowdowns at corners, improving speed, appearance, and efficiency.

   2. The fatter, rounder, smoother the part. The better

5. Avoid Cavities

   1. Don’t use hollowed-out areas to reduce material like in traditional manufacturing. Instead, design solid parts that rely on infill for strength, and avoid weak thin walls.

6. Use Textures to Hide Layer Lines

   1. Apply textures to mask visible layer lines instead of increasing resolution, which would raise production costs.

7. Use Compliant Features for Tolerances

   1. For high-tolerance fits (like holes), design compliant features (e.g. grip fins or flexures) to accommodate inserts without requiring post-processing or tight tolerances.

      
      

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If that was not concise enough here is a good set of design rules

1. Supported Walls:

   • Minimum thickness: 0.8 mm

   • Must be connected to the rest of the print on at least two sides.

2. Unsupported Walls:

   • Minimum thickness: 0.8 mm

   • Connected to the rest of the print on less than two sides.

3. Support & Overhangs:

   • Maximum angle without support: 45°

4. Embossed & Engraved Details:

   • Minimum size: 0.6 mm wide and 2 mm high

5. Horizontal Bridges:

   • Maximum unsupported span: 10 mm

6. Holes:

   • Minimum printable diameter: 2 mm

7. Connecting / Moving Parts:

   • Minimum clearance between parts: 0.5 mm

8. Minimum Features:

   • Minimum printable size: 2 mm

9. Pin Diameter:

   1. Minimum printable pin size: 3 mm

10. Tolerance:

    1. Dimensional tolerance: ±0.5% (lower limit: ±0.5 mm)

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Now rules are made to be broken. Certainly you can design features outside of these rules and they print fine. But they might not. These are the items that we explicitly support. If you go outside the garden there is no protection from the wolves.

Equally if you do design to these rules and the part is not to your liking please let us know either through Teleport or support@slant3d.com. So we can track down the issue.

But if you are just starting, make sure that you follow these design goals and your part should come out great every time.

Check out the Youtube Channel for a lot of examples.