I am planning to design and print a couple of model bridges to span a dry rock river bed in a Japanese garden (Total length 610 - 1145 mm or 24 - 45 inches). These will need to be longer than the print bed in my Creator Pro so I will need to print the model in "chunks" and attach them together to create the whole model. Any tips on the best way to do this would be appreciated. A few specific questions I have are:
- What is the maximum length of an object I can print diagonally on the print bed (Creator Pro 2016 model)?
- Am I better off designing the model as a whole and splitting it in the CAD program or designing the "chunks" separately?
- What is the best adhesive to connect the pieces of the bridge bed? (As far as I know there won't be any small people crossing the bridge so the maximum vertical stress on the bridge bed will be raindrops.) :)
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
Peter