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3D Printers

making a toxic sticky mess and getting high on the fumes most likely :)

"That is possibly the cleanest workbench i have ever seen!!!"

A nice spill or leaking vat will soon sort that out
 
The alternative 90/95% turtle heads didn't printing properly, and the P1S currently isn't automatically detecting the colour/type of the filament in the 4th AMS slot. I'm slightly worried the AMS got damaged when my older son knocked it off the printer by accident while playing with the yoga ball.

But, we are printing things.
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what are you wanting to create?

Sclupting is blender (free) or zbrush

or fusion 360 (free) or inventor for industrial parts.

Depends if you want to sail the high seas or not, otherwise the non free ones are $$$$
 
paulg100 said:
what are you wanting to create?

Sclupting is blender (free) or zbrush

or fusion 360 (free) or inventor for industrial parts.

Depends if you want to sail the high seas or not, otherwise the non free ones are $$$$
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Just very basic stuff to begin with. Is it easy to import someone else's design and then modify it?
 
yeah just stick with blender and fusion360 then. Neither are "basic" as such.

They both take a good amount to learn. If you want to learn the tools to modify STL's in any meaningful way then they all take some effort to learn.

Or.. if your just looking to change the scale of an STL or chop some bits off or something very basic hen you can do very limited stuff in the slicer eg. in bambu slicer.

mesh mixer is another free option although its pretty slow and clunky and again takes some effort to learn.
 
Most of the tools for doing anything worth while are really overwhelming for anyone without any previous experience 😭

Especially zbrush

youtube is bloody amazing for learning them though. Endless amount of quality tutorials right from day 1 onwards.
 
If looking to edit stl or work from a scan, it's practically impossible to do anything but use as a space model. Ypu can slice, scale and join or simy modify in most slicers.
 
For what your wanting to do to begin with (ie import others stl's to jig about with) then get blender. Find a youtube video like "how to start" and follow through it as you go. Will be less overwhelming that way.
 
Epotech said:
If looking to edit stl or work from a scan, it's practically impossible to do anything but use as a space model. Ypu can slice, scale and join or simy modify in most slicers.
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Mmmm, Zbrush is super powerful for working on imported meshes. no issues with that here can do anything you want with the mesh.

Playing around with ides for a GZ topper. Used Ai to make a model from a 2d pic off amazon. Now i have a base mesh to work off in no time at all with no effort. Saves a ton of time.
2D to 3D ai software is getting good.

Id imagine blender is good also but not very experienced with blender.
 

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I also used Tinkercad to start with as very simple. I looked at Fusion 360 and Blender but settled with On Shape. A lot of good You Tube tutorials. Its got both free and paid for options and good for 'engineering type' applications. I presume you'll use Bambu slicer. I use Prusa and Cura.
 
Marvello said:
Just very basic stuff to begin with. Is it easy to import someone else's design and then modify it?
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The plug cover I created in Tinkercad. It's free and simple to use, also very intuitive. You can also modify STLs - by removing parts, adding parts, scaling.

Fusion has quite a steep learning curve, which I haven't quite got to the top.
 
Is tinkercad good for manipulating existing models though?

I wouldnt use fusion or inventor or any of those types for working with existing STL's. They are more for industrial and functional type modelling from the ground up.
Inventor is very poor for converting existing mesh's. Fusion has some utils that are supposed to help but ive still found it allot of work and final result lack lustre.

For manipulating existing meshes, blender, zbrush, mesh mixer type software is the way to go IMHO.
 
paulg100 said:
Is tinkercad good for manipulating existing models though?

I wouldnt use fusion or inventor or any of those types for working with existing STL's. They are more for industrial and functional type modelling from the ground up.
Inventor is very poor for converting existing mesh's. Fusion has some utils that are supposed to help but ive still found it allot of work and final result lack lustre.

For manipulating existing meshes, blender, zbrush, mesh mixer type software is the way to go IMHO.
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It depends what you want to do exactly with the STL. There's ALWAYS a way.
It's just how complicated it could be, and sometimes needs some lateral thinking.

If you can get the Venus de Milo out of a block of marble with a chisel, you can play around with an STL :D
 
paulg100 said:
I wouldnt use fusion or inventor or any of those types for working with existing STL's. They are more for industrial and functional type modelling from the ground up.
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I'd agree with this. It's not the best for editing existing mesh files (STL). There are some tools that improve that functionality but they aren't included in the free license.

It's great for designing functional parts from scratch though.

If you're more interested in designing ornamental objects (rather than functional parts), then other software like Blender might be better.
 
Blender has always given me massive headaches. I find Fusion is a breeze in comparison, but I guess it depends on how your brain works. There is also a hassle-free (ish) way to edit .stl files in the free version -
 
Suspect its also going to be priced similar to the prusa thing. (Though probably a little cheaper just to undercut it a bit). Its going to be their new flagship model after all.
And imho £4k for a printer is way too much for most. I mean im sure it does great prints and all - and it might be more efficient than the Bambu AMS
but I think the amount of printing you would need to be doing to balance that out then unless you are using for a business isnt practical for hobbyists.
 
I agree, it'll probably end up being a niche flagship model.

But there'll always be some people happy to drop a few grand on a machine for their hobby.....as demonstrated with pinball machines!
 
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