How many polygons for metal printing?

#1

Hi

I’m printing a model in bronze and it says in the design guidelines that it should be a high polygon mesh. What does that mean? Will 600,000 for a 3’‘x3’‘x1’’ model be good?

My model is very boxy. No curves at all, so does it need to have this many polygons?

Thanks

#2

Hi there,

The more polygons your model sports the better an output will be. In fact, there is no maximum polygon count/amount of triangles for your 3D file

Since the model is boxy, if you mean it has flat surfaces, you don’t need to worry about triangulation much.
You may find some helpful information on this topic here as well.

Regards,
Ivan
Customer Support Team

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