| Material |
Pros |
Cons |
PLA |
- Cheapest material cost
- Availble in a wide variety of colors
- Bioplastic (Better for the Enviroment)
- Looks good
|
- Poor heat resistance
- Poor UV Resistance
- Poor impact Resistance
- Deforms overtime when stress is applied to it
|
PETG |
- Cheap (Most of the time)
- Good heat resistance
- Good UV resistance
- Excellent impact resistance
- Excellent chemical resistance
- Decent color selection
- Parts don't shatter whan they fail
|
- Stringy nature of plastic can make certain models difficult to print
- Least ridgid of all the plastics
- Can deform overtime when stress is applied to it
|
ASA |
- Excellent heat resistance
- Excellent UV resistance
- Excellent impact resistance
- Holds its shape well under stress
- Decent chemical resistance
- Ridgid
- Parts don't shatter whan they fail
- Looks good
- Can handle weather extremes
|
- Material costs can be more than double of other plastics
- Very poor color selection
|
ABS |
- Decent heat resistance
- Decent impact resistance
- Holds its shape well under stress
- Parts don't shatter whan they fail
- Decent color selection
|
- Poor UV resistance
- Poor chemical resistance
|
Resin |
- Looks incredible
- Low material cost
- Holds shape well understress
- Excellent chemical resistance
- Very high level of detail and precision
|
- Very poor UV resistance
- Parts fail catastrophly
- Extremely poor impact resistance
- Poor color selection
- High setup and postprocessing cost
|
Engineering Resin |
- Looks incredible
- Holds shape well understress
- Excellent chemical resistance
- Very high level of detail and precision
- Good impact resistance
- Excellent Lateral strength
|
- Very poor UV resistance
- Parts fail catastrophly
- Poor color selection
- High setup and postprocessing cost
- High material cost
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