Helix fan duct (customizable, parametric) for Anet A8 and the like

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# Why All Fan Ducts Suck. This One Sucks Less (I Hope!). There Are Several Reasons: First, It Does Not Restrict Air Flow (Each Branch Cross-Section Is 1/2 Of The Inlet). Second, It Maintains Laminar Air Flow. Third, It Provides Even Cooling From Both Sides (Good For Pla Plastic). Fourth: It'S Completely Customizable, Just Load It Into Freecad 0.16 And Edit Variables In Cf Spreadsheet. Designed For Anet A8 (Hesine, Omni, Etc), But You Can Change Parameters To Fit It Almost Anywhere. # Use Heat Shield This Fan Duct Cools Heat Block A Lot, So Insulate It Or Use Some Kind Of Heat Shield (I Made One From Cotton Stripes And Kapton Tape). Look At The Temperature Graph: Without Heat Shield Temperature Swings Cause Serious Wobble That Looks Almost Exactly Like Z-Woble, But Wobbling Disappears When Heat Shield Is Installed. There Is A Gap Between Heatblock Wires And Duct'S Right Branch, Heat Shield Fits There Just Fine. # Pid Tuning Do Not Skip This Step!!! After Installation Of Fan Duct Run Pid Tuning As Described Here: Http://Reprap.Org/Wiki/Pid_Tuning With Fan Running At Your Usuall Fan Speed And Save New Parameters Into Your Eeprom (Or, Better, Create Various Pid Parameters For Various Plastics Types And Set Them In Gcode Startup Scripts). # How To Customize Use Freecad 0.16 (Install From Web, Don'T Use Stale Versions From Repos). Open Freecad Source File, Switch To Cf Spreadsheet And Edit Variables. If Freecad Is Too Slow To Recompute On The Fly, Install Lattice2 Extension, Turn Off Recomputes, Edit Spreadsheet (Look At The Drawing For Variable Names), Click Recompute. Export Helix_Fan_Duct_V7 Object As Stl. Note That S3D Complains About Self-Intersecting Surfaces. This Is Due To How Freecad Handles Helix Objects, But It Does Not Matter Printing-Wise. It Will Print Ok.

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