What does PETG do better than PLA or ABS as a general engineering material?
PETG sits between the two. It takes impact and loads far better than PLA, which is stiff but brittle and lets go suddenly. It also tolerates humidity and many chemicals, where PLA slowly hydrolyses and goes brittle. Against ABS it trades peak heat resistance for easier processing: it bonds layers reliably and prints on an open-frame machine with no heated chamber. For brackets, clips, jigs, enclosures and parts near water, that combination is usually the practical choice.
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