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Login with my Xometry account Materials suitable for snap-fit features in 3D printing
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Hi community, can you suggest any 3D printed materials that would work best for a “snap-fit” feature?
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PETG is a strong material and also good in elongation at break, but be aware that in FDM the properties in Z – direction are always weak. So in practice, it would be not so much dependable and weaker in Z- direction then the suggested above.
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