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Originally Posted by Cloggie
how exactly I can reduce filament/time while keeping things dimensionally good and suitable for a functional check.
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Reduce filament: On my printer / software combo (Ultimaker 2 / Cura) I have the ability to define the infill percentage. Reducing the amount of infill will reduce the filament and time to print. I often drop it to 18% when prototyping. I may go 100% on final print for strength.
Functional check: Depending on the orientation of what you're checking fitment of, you can abort the print once the base layer has sufficiently built up (~1mm). Then go put that in place and see if it's doing what you need. You've wasted that 1mm, but better than the time and filament of the whole model only to find out it wasn't going to fit anyway.