I am developing a table top game (which also has a free to play digital component) that I am maximizing print time efficiency for in order to use my printers for production of the game.

I have taken the following steps to minimize print time to it's absolute lowest (while preserving acceptable quality)

  • Made big game pieces hollow
  • Did away with all automatic raft, replacing it with 0.2mm versions only where absolutely needed.
  • Used custom support material consisting of easy to remove 1mm rods
  • Used 3% infill
  • Used 0.4mm layer height (this has stopped working recently)


This was all done within the parameters of Makerware...

Now I am looking into using Slic3r to optimize print time even further.

Is there a slicing profile that will absolutely give me the fastest print time while still having acceptable quality?

I am using a Makerbot Replicator 2.

Thanks