<p>I want to print out a flat object without any support structure straight onto the build plate of my ender 5. It's going to be PLA and I need it to be thin enough to still be flexible.</p>
<p>I don't have a picture available, but imagine that I wanted to print out the Coke Cola and then wrap it around a bland soda can, so that the logo is raised up slightly?</p>
<p>Alternatively, what is the best layer height to use, and how many layers should I use?</p>

[{'answer_id': 19253, 'author': 'Kilisi', 'author_id': 31811, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/31811', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>With PLA you can just heat it to curve around the object. I\'ve done this with up to 2mm. Real easy with 1mm.</p>\n<p>I haven\'t tried thicker but assume it would work ok.</p>\n<p>You\'d have to glue it though to make it stick. My attempts were just to shape the prints, I didn\'t want them sticking so I shaped them around a glass bottle.</p>\n<p>If you want it flexible in it\'s own right, then I suggest 2 * 0.2mm layers. I have a large 2 layer print in front of me that bends easily.</p>\n<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xFUUn.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xFUUn.jpg" alt="2 layers" /></a></p>\n<p>This can be rolled up into a tube, but as soon as you let go it will return to flat.</p>\n<p>1 layer is even more flexible but tears along the lines with a bit of effort. So if you want it really flexible I suggest you print 1 layer at slightly lower than normal nozzle height to really get the lines melded together. Or a bit hotter than normal.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 19254, 'author': 'Criggie', 'author_id': 12956, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/12956', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p><strong>1 layer, of whatever thickness your device can print.</strong></p>\n<p>I did something like this to print letters for a flat sign.  The letters were 1mm thick and didn't bend, but I'd accidentally printed quite a lot of brim lines which were a single layer thick, and they'd merged into each other.</p>\n<p>The brim worked superbly as a &quot;net&quot; to hold the letters in place, so in theory you could print as little as one layer thick.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nozzle height will have to be exactly right to merge the lines together.  There are no lines crossing-over on the next layer to help bond them all together.</li>\n<li>Let the print bed cool to ambient before removing it from the bed, to help keep the lines connected.  Could take an hour or so.</li>\n<li>Use a wide flat scraper to pull job off bed - you might want to design in a &quot;tab&quot; that can be damaged while getting the tool started, and trimmed of later.</li>\n</ul>\n"}]
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