Show HN: 3D print Z reinforcement via injected loops

Re:Show HN: 3D print Z reinforcement via injected loops by deckar01 on Sunday June 14, 2026 @01:51PM (#48530343)

When you say continuous interlocking U shape, are you saying it fills one channel from the top until the connected channel fills from the bottom?

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Re:Show HN: 3D print Z reinforcement via injected loops by mgunlogson on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @12:17AM (#48550520)

Yes. It's a modified triangle infill pattern.

A solver pairs the triangle with one of its neighbors. Then cuts a window at the bottom during the slice. So plastic gets injected into the top of a triangle tube and flows through the window at the bottom of the U to its neighbor cell.

Download the binaries and try slicing with magma infill type. Turn off visibility of all the other line types and you'll see how it works

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