17:16
May 24
May 24
Slicer 101 — The Software Between Your Model and Your Print
When I started 3D printing, I thought the printer did all the work. You download an STL file, send it to the printer, and it just… prints it. Right?
Wrong.
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16:15
May 24
May 24
CAD & 3D Modeling 101 — What It Is, Why It Matters, and the File Format Maze
When I started 3D printing, I thought all I needed was to download STL files and hit print. And for the first few projects, that worked.
But then I wanted to modify something. Or I found a file in a format my slicer didn’t recognize. Or I needed to design something from scratch because nobody on Thingiverse had built exactly what I needed.
15:40
May 24
May 24
The 3D Printing Sharing Economy — Platforms, Licenses, and What You Can Actually Do With That STL File
When I downloaded that tower crane from Thingiverse, I was tapping into one of the most generous communities on the internet. Millions of designers sharing their work, for free, with strangers. It’s wild when you think about it.
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