Chop carbon fiber resin?

The prints themselves may be isotropic, but I was talking about the addition of chopped fiber. The fibers may not bridge the build direction well so it could be weaker.

On this note, I just printed some dogbones using 5% chopped glass fiber mixed with Clear V2 and it printed without any issue. I used open mode on the Form 2 so that resin dispensing wouldn’t change the mix ratio. I am not sure if the wiper would help or hurt either. It could end up pushing the fiber out of the build zone but it could also help agitate the resin and keep things mixed properly, as i noticed significant settling of the fiber after the build completed. I used 0.1mm resolution to maximize layer height and minimize the risk of fibers not bridging the z axis. If you look closely you can see fibers sticking out of the surface of the part.

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