Great statistical work. It’s a small sample size but the data is pretty neat.
It looks like this was testing in tension? I image most of the improvements would happen in shear. Since that’s where you make the crack more tortuous. In tension the increase in contact is very slight.
CNC kitchen also tested this. https://www.cnckitchen.com/blog/brick-layers-make-3d-prints-stronger
You won’t find this built into any slicer because some assholes patented it and are defending the patent.
They troll patented it. It was already patented, the patent expired, then these dildos patented it again as an “improved technique” and in their application they pointed to a bunch of patents that have nothing to do with the brick layer method.
TLDW;? Will watch it after work, but I’m curious now. 😁
Not as drastic as I had hoped, but it looks like around 5% better layer adhesion provided you increase the flow rate slightly to fit in the gaps. It essentially makes a print that’s more solid in the walls.
I saw elsewhere someone doing prints with transparent filament and they were also getting optically better prints with this.
Also, there’s a pull request on Orca… Not sure when it’ll come out, but they’re working on building it into the slicer.
