D-O Droid 3D Printing Model | Assembly + Action

ABOUT THIS 3D MODEL

Friendly and talkative, curious and dedicated, helpful and obedient, droids occupy a special place in the Star Wars universe and are an integral part of it. The new D-O droid that made its debut in "Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker", immediately won the love of the audience. BB-8 found D-O aboard Ochi's ship during the mission to Pasaana and brought the broken droid to Rey to be fixed. In turn, the roller droid expressed friendly feelings towards his new friends and kept the company to the BB-series astromech droid. Its restless nature, frankness, and sincere desire to help his friends are what make D-O so adorable. 

Inspired by this charismatic character from “Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker”, our contributing 3D artists created such an impressive model for 3D printing. The design of the droid was made following the movie appearance of D-O: the droid’s coned head with antennas is attached to the wheel, the mechanism used by D-O to scoot around. The model has active elements that ensure articulation and give the possibility to install the battery and engines inside the model. The cutting of the model allows printing of the assembly parts of the droid in colours. Moreover, there is an option to print the life-size version of D-O! There is nothing that can stop you from enjoying this miracle of engineering!

ADAPTATION FOR 3D PRINTING

D-O model for 3D printing is an active assembly model and its moderation and adaptation for different types of 3D printers took the Gambody team 38 hours in total.

For you to receive the cleanest 3D printing result possible, minimize the amount of filament needed for generated support, and make use of the active elements designed by Gambody Engineers, the droid was divided into convenient assembly parts.

All assembly parts in the FFF/FDM 1.0 version are provided in STL files in recommended positions that were worked out in order to ensure the smoothness of the details’ surfaces after printing and that the 3D printing beginners won’t face difficulties when placing the parts on a build plate. When downloading any model’s file you will also receive “Assembly Manual” for FFF/FDM 1.0 and DLP/SLA 1.0 versions in PDF and video formats. We highly recommend that you get acquainted with the “Assembly Video” and “Assembly Manual” before getting down to the D-O 3D printing model.

The model is saved in STL files, a format supported by most 3D printers. All STL files for 3D printing have been checked in Netfabb and no errors were shown.

The model’s scale was calculated from the height of the D-O Droid which is 460 mm. The 3D printing model’s chosen scales are 1:1 and 1:0.8 for the FFF/FDM version and 1:2 for the DLP/SLA version.

VERSIONS’ SPECIFICATIONS

FFF/FDM 1.0, Life-size 1.0 version features:

• Contains 42 parts each;
• A printed life-size model is 518 mm tall, 190 mm wide, 393 mm deep;
• A printed model is 414 mm tall, 152 mm wide, 314 mm deep;
• The head of D-O tilts forward, back and alongside the body;
• The droid’s head rotates 360°;
• Antennas on the head of D-O move;
• The cutting allows you to print the parts with the respective colours;
• Powerbus cable should be printed with flexible filament or replaced with a real cable;
• A mockup of the engine and battery inside the wheel can be replaced with a real engine;
• The mockups should be printed with 100% infill (or replaced with a sinker);
• The platform to fix the position of D-O;
• There are tunnels in the head of droid for you to introduce LED wiring;
• All parts are divided in such a way that you will print them with the smallest number of support structures.

DLP/SLA 1.0 version features:

• Contains 32 parts;
• A printed model is 259 mm tall, 95 mm wide, 197 mm deep;
• The head of D-O tilts forward, back and alongside the body;
• The droid’s head rotates 360°;
• Antennas on the head of D-O move;
• The cutting allows you to print the parts with the respective colours;
• Powerbus cable can be replaced with a real cable;
• A mockup of the engine and battery inside the wheel can be replaced with engine;
• The platform to fix the position of D-O;
• There are tunnels in the head of droid for you to introduce LED wiring;
• All parts are divided in such a way to fit the build plates and to ensure that support structures are generated where needed.

You can get the D-O model for 3D Printing immediately after the purchase! Just click the green Buy button in the top-right corner of the model’s page. You can pay with PayPal or your credit card.

Watch the tutorial on how to assemble a D-O 3D Printing Model on Gambody YouTube channel.

Also, you may like the R5-D4 and BB-8 3D Printing Models, and other Star Wars models and figurines for 3D printing.

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Below you can find printing recommendations for Cura, Simplify3D, Slic3r and PrusaSlicer software.

Disclaimer: The following printing settings are a recommendation, not an obligation. The parameters can vary depending on the peculiarities of your 3D printer, the material you use, and especially the particular assembly part you are working with. Each part that any model comprises often needs preliminary review, and you are free to tweak the settings the way you find suitable.

Note:

• You can scale up the model (downscaling for FFF/FDM 3D printers is not recommended!);
• All connectors should be printed at 100% Infill.

Cura printing recommendations:

These are averaged settings which were tested in the Cura 5.2.1 slicer. Test models were printed on Anycubic Vyper, Creality Ender 3 Pro with PLA filament.

To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings: download

Simplify3D printing recommendations:

These are averaged settings which were tested in the Simplify3D 5.0.0 slicer. Test models were printed on Anycubic Vyper, FLSUN v400, Ender3 S1 with PLA filament.

To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings: download

Slic3r printing recommendations:

These basic 3D printing settings recommendations for beginners were tested in Slic3r 1.3.0 software. Test models were printed on Ultimaker 2, Creality Ender 3, Creality Cr-10S pro v2, Anycubic I3 Mega, Anycubic I3 MegaS, Anycubic Vyper with PLA and PetG filaments.

To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings: download

PrusaSlicer printing recommendations:

These basic 3D printing settings recommendations for beginners were tested in PrusaSlicer 2.3.1. Test models were printed on Ultimaker 2, Creality Ender 3, Creality Cr-10S pro v2, Anycubic I3 Mega, Anycubic I3 MegaS, Anycubic Vyper with PLA and PETG filaments.

To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings: download