The 3D Design and Printing Thread šŸ¤–

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For those of you interested in 3D printing and design, hereā€™s a thread for that.

I will start with a summary of the currently free-available 3D CAD programs. I use DesignSpark Mechanical and have been quite happy with it.

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i wish 3d printers were more mainstream so we could do A TON of stuff!! whatever happened to 3d printing anyway? it doesnā€™t seem as ā€œmainstreamā€ or anything.

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Most people want something they donā€™t need to learn how to use. 3D printers were never going to be that; they were never going to be like learning how to use an inkjet printer. They were over-hyped and going to be ā€˜easy to useā€™ but they never really were. 3D printing is a craft that one needs to learn, due to the quirks the different printers have. In order to make consistently good prints one has to learn a few tricks and then learn about the different nozzles and temperatures and then all the different quirks of the different materials. Thereā€™s that, and then there is of course the software side of things to learn as well.

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https://youtube.com/shorts/yrM5iVXjeug?si=qlPTOHIuajx1yDce

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Wonder why these never quite took off

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They mostly did. Lots are sold every year and many people use them.

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Really now ? Hmm. Guess im out of the loop on it

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went to a 3d printer place today in a mall. was really cool the amount of stuff they were making!

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