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You will get instant access to the STL files of Chappie 3D Printing Model | Assembly + Active after completing your purchase. Simply add the model to your cart and check out using PayPal, credit or debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, or other available payment methods.
Watch the assembly video for Chappie 3D Printing Model | Assembly + Active, and explore more tutorials, behind-the-scenes content, 3D printing timelapses, and painting guides on the official Gambody YouTube channel.
This 3D Figurine of Chappie the Robot consists of files in StereoLithography (.Stl) format that is optimized for 3D printing.
Before printing the files, we strongly recommend reading the PRINTING DETAILS section.
WHAT WILL YOU GET AFTER PURCHASE?
- 2 versions of Chappie STL files for FFF/FDM and DLP/SLA printers - all files are available for download after the purchase
- STL files of high-poly Chappie 3D Model for 3D printing consist of 320 parts
- Sizes:
FFF/FDM and DLP/SLA: 472mm tall, 353 mm wide, 341 mm deep
- Assembly Manual for FFF/FDM 1.0 and DLP/SLA 1.0 version in PDF format
- Detailed settings that we provide as a recommendation for Cura, Simplify3D, Slic3r and PrusaSlicer for the best print
- Full technical support from the Gambody Support Team
Detailed information about this 3D printing model is available in the DESCRIPTION section.
Before printing, take a look at Printing Details for recommended settings and tips to achieve better results.
ABOUT THIS 3D MODEL
"I am consciousness. I am alive. I am Chappie."
Chappie is the titular main protagonist of the 2015 dystopian sci-fi movie, the law enforcement robot gifted with artificial intelligence that mimics a sentimental human. The robot was kidnapped and practically adopted by a pack of gangsters, who guided Chappie through different stages of ageing, taught him how to fight and love, and used the naive creature for dangerous crimes.
Would you have a try at raising a Chappie of your own? Our contributing 3D artist created an immensely detailed and elaborate Chappie 3D Printing Model for you to build the robot in your hobby workshop. Gangster or not, the 3D printed Chappie will be happy to be by your side!
ADAPTATION FOR 3D PRINTING
Chappie for 3D printing is an active assembly model and its moderation and adaptation for different types of 3D printers took the Gambody team 45 hours in total.
For you to receive the cleanest 3D printing result possible and assemble a fully moveable model, the robot was divided into many assembly parts.
All assembly parts in the FFF/FDM 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 version in PDF format. We highly recommend that you get acquainted with the “Assembly video” and "Assembly Manual" before getting down to the Chappie 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 approximate height of Chappie which is 1800 mm. The 3D printing model’s chosen scale is 1:4 for the FFF/FDM and DLP/SLA versions.
VERSIONS' SPECIFICATIONS
FFF/FDM 1.0 version features:
- Contains 160 parts;
- A printed model stands 472mm tall, 353 mm wide, 341 mm deep;
- Three chest plate options - with a normal “Police” logo, with a damaged logo, and a clean plate;
- You can 3D print Chappie’s gangster chains as one piece or separately;
- Moveable head;
- Moveable antennae and rotatable fan on the head;
- Moveable shoulder light and pauldrons;
- Articulated shoulder and elbow joints;
- You can 3D print the shoulder joints with or without the support rim;
- Articulated wrist joints;
- Multidirectional movement of the torso;
- Articulated hip, knee and ankle joints;
- You can 3D print knee belts that come adjusted for the standing pose, bend the straight belts to your liking or 3D print them using flexible filament;
- Some cables can be substituted with real-life cables or flexible wire;
- The assembly of the model requires pins that can be made out of short pieces of regular 1.75 mm filament or 3D printed using STL files #150-152;
- Tunnels throughout the robot's upper body are provided for you to introduce LED wiring and light up the eyes, shoulder and chest light; there's an opening hatch at the back to access the battery;
- 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 160 parts;
- A printed model stands 472mm tall, 353 mm wide, 341 mm deep;
- Three chest plate options - with a normal “Police” logo, with a damaged logo, and a clean plate;
- You can 3D print Chappie’s gangster chains as one piece or separately;
- Moveable head;
- Moveable antennae and rotatable fan on the head;
- Moveable shoulderlight and pauldrons;
- Articulated shoulder and elbowjoints;
- You can 3D print the shoulder joints with or without the support rim;
- Articulated wristjoints;
- Articulated hip, knee and ankle joints;
- Multidirectional movement of the torso;
- Fixing the model in your chosen pose and limited articulation are recommendedto avoid wear-out of the joints;
- Careful assembly and some light sanding of the joints are recommended;
- You can 3D print knee belts that come adjusted for the standing pose or 3D print the straight belts using flexible material;
- Some cables can be substituted with real-life cables or flexible wire;
- The assembly of the model requires pins that can be 3D printed using STL files #150-152;
- Tunnels throughout the robot's upper body are provided for you to introduce LED wiring and light up the eyes, shoulder and chest light; there's an opening hatch at the back to access the battery;
- 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 model of Chappie 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 Chappie 3D Printing Model on Gambody YouTube channel.
Also, you may like MOOSE Mech 3D Printing Model, as well as other Fiction models.
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This feedback is from a user who hasn't purchased this model To avoid printing issues and achieve the best quality, we highly recommend applying the following settings:
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Below you can find printing recommendations for Cura, Simplify3D, Slic3r and PrusaSlicer software.
Cura printing recommendations:
These are basic settings that were tested in Cura 4.8.0 slicer.
The test models were printed on Ultimaker 2, Creality Ender 3, Creality CR-10S Pro V2, Anycubic I3 Mega, Anycubic I3 MegaS 3D printers with PLA and PETG filaments.
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 at hand. 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 is not recommended!);
- All connectors should be printed at 100% Infill;
- For all parts of locks (“ge_lock” in “Source files”) you need to change "Brim" type to "Skirt" in Build Plate Adhesionsection.
Quality
Layer Height: 0.12 mm (you can also set Layer Height at 0.16 or 0.2mm for 0.4mm nozzles)
Initial Layer Height: 0.2 mm (carefully level the print bed and keep your Initial Layer Height the same as the main Layer Height)
Line Width: 0.4 mm
Wall Line Width: 0.4 mm
Outer Wall Line Width: 0.4 mm
Inner Wall(s) Line Width: 0.4 mm
Top/Bottom Line Width: 0.4 mm
Infill Line Width: 0.4 mm
Skirt/Brim Line Width: 0.4 mm
Support Line Width: 0.4 mm
Initial Layer Line Width: 100%
Shell
Wall Thickness: 0.8 mm
Wall Line Count: 2
Outer Wall Wipe Distance: 0.3 mm
Top Surface Skin Layers: 0
Top/Bottom Thickness: 0.6 mm
Top Thickness: 0.6 mm
Top Layers: 5
Bottom Thickness: 0.6 mm
Bottom Layers: 5
Initial Bottom Layers: 5
Top/Bottom Pattern: Lines
Bottom Pattern Initial Layer: Lines
Top/Bottom Line Directions: [ ]
Outer Wall Inset: 0 mm
Optimize Wall Printing Order: Check
Compensate Wall Overlaps: Check
Compensate Inner Wall Overlaps: Check
Minimum Wall Flow: 0%
Fill Gaps Between Walls: Everywhere
Filter Out Tiny Gaps: Check
Horizontal Expansion: 0 mm
Initial Layer Horizontal Expansion: 0 mm
Hole horizontal expansion: 0
Z Seam Alignment: User Specified
Z Seam Position: Back
Z Seam X: Average length of your printer’s plate (e.g.”150” if your plate is 300mmon the X-axis)
Z Seam Y: A value higher than the length of your plate on the Y-axis (e.g. 700)
Seam Corner Preference: Hide Seam
Extra Skin Wall Count: 1
Skin Overlap Percentage: 10%
Skin Overlap 0.04 mm
Infill
Infill Density: 20% (for all smaller parts and for all parts of connectors use 100% Infill)
Infill Pattern: Triangles
Connect Infill Lines: Check
Infill Line Directions: [ ]
Infill X Offset: 0 mm
Infill Y Offset: 0 mm
Infill Line Multiplier: 1
Extra Infill Wall Count: 0
Infill Overlap Percentage: 10-20%
Infill Overlap: 0.04 mm
Skin Overlap Percentage: 5%
Skin Overlap: 0.02 mm
Infill Wipe Distance: 0 mm
Infill Layer Thickness: 0.24 mm
Gradual Infill Steps: 0
Infill Before Walls: Check
Minimum Infill Area: 0 mm2
Skin Removal Width: 0.8 mm
Top Skin Removal Width: 0.8 mm
Bottom Skin Removal Width: 0.8 mm
Skin Expand Distance: 0.8
Top Skin Expand Distance: 0.8
Bottom Skin Expand Distance: 0.8
Maximum Skin Angle for Expansion: 90˚
Minimum Skin Width for Expansion: 0.0
Skin Edge Support Thickness: 0
Skin Edge Support Layers: 0
Material
Initial Layer Flow: 100%
Printing Temperature: See your filament settings
Initial Printing Temperature: Your filament settings
Final Printing Temperature: Your filament settings
Build Plate Temperature: Your filament settings
Build Plate Temperature Initial Layer: Your filament settings + 5°
Flow: 100% (Important! If you face difficulty printing the model, you may need to adjust the Flow parameter. You may research the topic using the Internet or seek assistance at our Customer Support Team at support@gambody.com)
Speed
You can increase the printing Speed by 20% when you print simple objects. For small/thin parts you need to decrease the Speed by 25% - 50%.
Print Speed: 50 mm/s
Infill Speed: 50 mm/s
Wall Speed: 25 mm/s
Outer Wall Speed:25 mm/s
Inner Wall Speed: 50 mm/s
Top/Bottom Speed: 25mm/s
Support Speed: 25 mm/s
Support Infill Speed: 45 mm/s
Support Interface Speed: 25 mm/s
Support Roof Speed: 25 mm/s
Support Floor Speed: 25 mm/s
Travel Speed: 80 mm/s
Initial Layer Speed: 80 mm/s
Initial Layer Print Speed: 20 mm/s
Initial Layer Travel Speed: 80 mm/s
Skirt/Brim Speed: 20 mm/s
Z Hop Speed: 5 mm/s
Number of Slower Layers: 2
Enable Acceleration Control: Check
When printing simple objects, you need to set all Acceleration parameters at 500 mm/s. For small/thin parts you need to decrease the Acceleration by 50% - 70%.
Travel
Enable Retraction: Check
Retraction Distance: 4-8 mm, 1-3 mm for Direct Extruder (This is the most important retraction parameter. You can find your optimal value of Retraction Distance by printing any test object, e.g. bridges, towers etc.)
Retraction Speed: 25mm/s
Retraction Retract Speed: 25 mm/s
Retraction Prime Speed: 25 mm/s
Retraction Extra Prime Amount: 0 mm3
Retraction Minimum Travel: 1.5 mm
Maximum Retraction Count: 100
Minimum Extrusion Distance Window: 6,5 - 10 mm
Limit Support Retractions: Check
Combing Mode: All
Max Comb Distance With No Retract: 30 mm
Retract Before Outer Wall: Check
Avoid Printed Parts When Travelling: Check
Avoid Supports When Travelling: Check
Travel Avoid Distance: 1 mm
Layer Start X: 0.0 mm
Layer Start Y: 0.0 mm
Z Hop When Retracted: Check
Z Hop Height: 0,3 mm
Cooling
Enable Print Cooling: Check
Fan Speed: 100%
Regular Fan Speed: 100%
Maximum Fan Speed: 100%
Regular/Maximum Fan Speed Threshold: 10 s
Initial Fan Speed: 0%
Regular Fan Speed at Height: 0.36 mm
Regular Fan Speed at Layer: 3
Minimum Layer Time: 10 s
Minimum Speed: 10 mm/s
Support
Generate Support: Check
Support Structure: Normal (you can try using Tree Support Structure if you have difficulty printing any particular assembly part)
Support Placement: Everywhere
Support Overhang Angle: 60° (this parameter can range from 30° to 70° depending on the part at hand)
Support Pattern: Zig Zag
Support Wall Line Count: 1 (stronger support that might be more difficult to remove) 0 (less strong support but is easier to remove)
Support Density: 15%
Support Line Distance: 2.6667 mm
Initial layer support line distance: 2.667 mm
Support Z Distance: 0.12 mm
Support Top Distance: 0.12 mm
Support Bottom Distance: 0.12 mm
Support X/Y Distance: 0.8-1 mm
Support Distance Priority: Z overrides X/Y
Support Stair Step Height: 0.3 mm
Support Stair Step Maximum Width: 5.0 mm
Support Stair Step Minimum Slope Angle: 10°
Support Join Distance: 2.0 mm
Support Horizontal Expansion: 0.2 mm
Support Infill Layer Thickness: 0.2 mm
Gradual Support Infill Steps: 0
Minimum Support Area: 2 mm
Enable Support Interface: Check (generates additional “pillow” on the support structure that leads to a more even surface, but can be difficult to remove in hard-to-reach areas)
Enable Support Roof: Check
Enable Support Floor: Check
Support Interface Thickness: 0.8 mm
Support Roof Thickness: 0.8 mm
Support Floor Thickness: 0.8 mm
Support Interface Resolution 0.2 mm
Support Interface Density: 50-100%
Support Roof Density: 50-100%
Support Roof Line Distance: 0.8 mm
Support Floor Density: 50-100%
Support Floor line Distance: 0.4mm
Support Interface Pattern: Grid
Support Roof Pattern: Grid (this parameter should differ from Bottom Pattern Initial Layer in “Shell” section)
Support Floor Pattern: Grid
Minimum Support Interface Area: 10mm
Minimum Support Roof Area: 10 mm
Minimum Support Floor Area: 10 mm
Support Interface Horizontal Expansion: 0.0 mm
Support Roof Horizontal Expansion: 0.0 mm
Support Floor Horizontal Expansion: 0.0 mm
Fan Speed Override: Check
Supported Skin Fan Speed: 100%
Use Towers: Check
Tower Diameter: 4 mm
Minimum Diameter: 3.0 mm
Tower Roof Angle: 65°
Build Plate Adhesion
Build Plate Adhesion Type: Skirt/Brim (For unsteady parts, and those parts that may come unstuck use “Brim”. For bigger assembly parts that have large adhesion area and for all parts of locks and claws that you want to come out clean use "Skirt")
Skirt/Brim Minimum Length: 250 mm
Brim Width: 8.0 mm
Brim Line Count: 10
Brim Only on Outside: Check
Mesh Fixes
Union Overlapping Volumes: Check
Merged Meshes Overlap: 0.15 mm
Special Modes
Print Sequence: All at Once
Surface Mode: Normal
Experimental
Slicing Tolerance: Middle
Maximum Resolution: 0.01 mm
Flow rate compensation max extrusion offset: 0 mm
Flow rate compensation factor: 100%
Simplify3D printing recommendations:
This model was tested with PLA material.
To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings:
Extruder
Nozzle Diameter: 0.4 mm
Extrusion Multiplier: 0.97
Extrusion Width: Auto
Retraction Distance: 5.00 mm
Extra Restart Distance: 0.00 mm
Retraction Vertical Lift: 0.08 mm
Retraction Speed: 5400.0 mm/min
Wipe Distance: 5.00 mm
Layer
Primary Layer Height: 0.2 mm
Top Solid Layers: 8
Bottom Solid Layers: 5
Outline/Perimeter Shells: 2
Outline Direction: Inside-Out
First Layer Height: 90%
First Layer Width: 100%
First Layer Speed: 20%
Additions
Use Skirt/Brim: Check
Skirt Layers: 1
Skirt Offset from Part: 6.00 mm
Skirt Outlines: 5
Infill
Internal Fill Pattern: Fast Honeycomb
External Fill Patern: Rectilinear
Interior Fill Percentage: 10%
Outline Overlap: 22%
Infill Extrusion Width: 100%
Minimum Infill Length: 5.00 mm
Combine Infill Every: 1 layers
External Infill Angle Offsets: 45/-45 deg
Support
Generate Support Material: Check
Support Infill Percentage: 15%
Extra Inflation Distance: 1.00 mm
Support Base Layers: 0
Combine Support Every: 1 layers
Dense Support Layers: 0
Dense Infill Percentage: 70%
Support Type: Normal
Support Pillar Resolution: 5.00 mm
Max Overhang Angle: 60 deg
Horizontal Offset From Part: 0.50 mm
Upper Vertical Separation Layers: 1
Lower Vertical Separation Layers: 1
Support Infill Angles: 45 deg
Temperature
Extruder 1 Temperature: 210
Heated Bed: 60
Cooling
Increase fan speed for layers below: 45.0 sec
Maximum Cooling fan speed: 50%
Bridging fan speed override: 100%
Speeds
Default Printing Speed: 4800.0 mm/min
Outline Underspeed: 50%
Solid Infill Underspeed: 80%
Support Structure Underspeed: 80%
X/Y Axis Movement Speed: 10800.0 mm/min
Z Axis Movemen Speed: 1002.0 mm/min
Adjust printing speed for layers below: 15.0 sec
Allow speed reduction down to: 20%
Other
Unsupported area threshold: 20.0 sq m
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.
Note:
- You can upscale your 3D printing models. Downscaling is not recommended - it can make smaller parts of the model unprintable, distort the model’s level of detail and result in assembly issues.
- All connectors should be printed at 100% Infill.
- When printing Lock connectors, we recommend setting the “Brim width” parameter to 0 in the "Skirt and Brim" print settings. In that way, the Locks will be 3D printed with a Skirt only.
