3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
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Rules
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No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
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Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
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No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
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No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
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Do not create links to reddit
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If you see an issue please flag it
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No guns
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No injury gore posts
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Step 1. Start with TinkerCAD
Step 2. Graduate to Fusion 360
Step 3. Go back to TinkerCAD because F360 was difficult
Final Step. Read other people's comments about moving to Fusion 360 and cry a little
: Perhaps I should learn this OpenSCAD thing or maybe FreeCAD. Then I would have all the fancy features and I'd never have to worry about paying for such software.
Actually, there exists no commercial equivalent to OpenSCAD that I'm aware of. Those doing generative design via code in industry are already using OpenSCAD or they're using truly custom stuff.
Pro tip: Use the latest nightly build of OpenSCAD from their website and enable the new features that speed up rendering times by like 1000% 👍
The manifold renderer is a game changer. I seriously didn't like OpenSCAD before that.
I made the jump using youtube tutorials but it's been a few years so I don't remember which to recommend. One of the reasons I keep using fusion is that it's ability to move back and forth through design history so so well made it easier to overcome my early screw ups.