Once again i have done a ton of research etc but yet I'm having trouble finding a direct answer.
so to begin, I have an idea to make a large scale 3D printer that will work inside a shipping container (yes im aware of the cost involve).
However i'm struggling to find a chipboard that will print to this size. (say? 5m(L) x 2m(w) x 2m(h) .)
I was told that the reason behind this is because the software side calculates to that size bed. (like for example, it creates the support structures of the 3D object as it prints so it doesn't collapse while printing).
so to summarize.
is it possible to make a large print area?
if its possible then who can provide me the required chipboard to achieve this printing size?
is it true that the software side calculates to that size bed?
Never heard it called a chip board, that is a type of wood sheet. I assume you mean a controller.
I have seen a very large 3D printer at the Rome Maker Fair in 2014, it was making artificial reefs for under water regeneration. So yes it is perfectly possible.
The only restriction I can see with the controller is the tradeoff between the maximum and minimum size. Mort software uses 32 bit ints to repesent the motor movement and that will restrict the size but you can change that to a 64 bit int quite simply and any other arbitrary int size with a bit of software manapulation. Do not use floats as they will lead to errors.
The same goes for the software, and as most of it is open source it can be changed.
What do you mean by a "chipboard". In my mind chipboard is cheap flooring board.
There are two things that affect the size (apart from your wallet). The software that interprets your 3D design and the hardware that moves the bed and the extruder. Neither of these seems connected to anything I can think of as a "chipboard"
I have no idea whether there are technical limits about what shapes can be produced in large sizes - presumably some simple shapes will work.