A simple two-component print of a heart + stand.
The stand is large enough to personalize with quite a bit of text, either with a pocket or a pad operation, using the attached FreeCAD model.
As an example, I have uploaded one version without text, and one version with this year's Valentine's Day date.
When adding text to the long sides, I recommend placing the print on one of those sides for slicing. Doing so, you can easily use a pocket on the bottom, and a pad on the top.
The tolerance between heart and stand is 0.1 mm on all sides. Depending on your printer's accuracy, you may want to scale either model to increase or decrease this tolerance. Personally, I would decrease it for my next print, as I found it to be a little too loose.
The gcode samples were created for the Prusa Mini+ with a 0.4 mm nozzle.
I managed to add some very small text (3 mm height) via a pocket when using a 0.25 mm nozzle. This allows for up to five lines of text to be added.
When adding lots of text, you might have to experiment with the print settings a little to make the text readable. For quicker iterations, and less filament usage, until you have dialled in your settings, you can add a negative volume in your slicer to only print the first 3 mm or so.
In the photos, I printed this model as a gift following a naturalization ceremony. For that purpose, I added some colour changes to the heart to represent a flag. The print came out great using Jet Black, Lipstick Red, and Oh My Gold PLA Prusaments. The stand was printed using Marble Grey and Viva La Bronze PLA Prusaments.
The heart uses only 22g of filament in total, so it's a great use for the 25g Prusament samples!
The author marked this model as their own original creation.