A set of 5 Monstera leaf drink coasters, designed to be printed in two colors on a single extruder printer.

The general idea is to print the leaves with one filament and then print the base on top of it with another filament. Each coaster consists of two jobs to manually run in sequence. I designed it that way so because each color should be sliced differently to generate a nice leaf effect.

This thing has separate files for each coaster design, and one file with 4 coasters in one go. The leaves have different sizes and shapes, so to force the slicer to position them exactly in the same place each time, I drew a thin line around each leaf. This circle should be removed after the leaves print. There is also a set of STLs that print out 4 coasters in one go.

My process to generate the coasters in the images:

• Slice the leaf files with leaf settings (see below)
• Slice the body files with body settings (see below)
• Install green PLA filament
• Print the leaf (or leaves)
• !! Remove the thin rings around each leaf !!
• !! Do not remove the leaf !!
• Switch filament to marble filament
• Print the bodies over the leaves
• Remove completed prints

Tip:

Be extra careful to position objects from the same print job in the same exact position on the buildplate. I use Cura so I just clear the buildplate and add the object, it'll then get automatically centered.

Settings:

Leaf settings:

• Wall Line Count: 3
• Top/Bottom Pattern: Concentric
• Z Seam Alignment: Sharpest Corner
• Enable Retraction: Yes
• Retraction Minimum Travel: 0.5mm (will flag in orange)
• Combing Mode: Not in Skin

Base settings:

• Wall Line Count: 4
• Top Layers: 3
• Bottom Layers: 4
• Top/Bottom Pattern: Lines
• Z Seam Alignment: Sharpest Corner
• Infill Density: 20%
• Infill Pattern: Grid
• Enable Retraction: Yes
• Retraction Minimum Travel: 1mm
• Combing Mode: Not in Skin

Attribution:

Monstera leaf SVG by funny.foxy.spb: Monstera Vectors by Vecteezy