Dot Explained

Dot Explained

With Foodini you can easily create dots of different sizes.
Select + Shape, select dot, indicate the dot size.

Smaller Sized Dots

Here is a sample range of small dots, with a dot setting from 0.1 to 0.7 setting.

Small dots will in general be below setting 1.0.





Larger Sized Dots

Larger sized dots are good for printing things like gnocchi, meatballs (or veggie-balls!)


Printing larger sized dots require some adjustments on the advanced user settings. In general, you'll want to increase these three settings: 
  2. First Layer Nozzle Height

Here's an example of printing dots with a setting of 8.



In this example, we increased the settings:
  1. Print Speed - Increased to 15000.
  2. First Layer Nozzle Height - Increased to a little under 4x: from 3.4 to 13.
  3. Resume Ingredient Flow - Increased from 0.02 to 0.05.

Example Print: Dysphagia Series - Peas

Here we created a serving of peas for our dysphagia print series. For people with dysphagia (difficulty or discomfort in swallowing), 3D printing soft foods presents a superior offering.

Here we show how to make a serving of peas that look very realistic! No need to know anything about 3D printing files, simply play with dots.


For this print, the dot setting is 0.3. We printed 4 different layers, assigning each layer a different color. Even though we printed each layer with different settings, we used only one capsule: see Printing Shapes with Different Settings Using the Same Ingredient.



Since the peas are placed very close together, make sure the Minimum Hold Distance is set to 0.



The final printed dish:


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