I was somewhat skeptical of multi-color prints on the Bambu Lab printers using the AMS but now that I've started to design things I'm trying to be efficient and I've got it down to a single color change after the first layer and there is no tower of wasted filament.
For these prints it's just a single layer of text on the bottom but I'm pleased with the very minimal print time it adds and almost zero waste.
Minor Update re the #Accessibility tool I've been working on for a friend for whom Apple's palm rejection absolutely refuses to work.
We've prototyped the cover + hole shape over the trackpad & it got a 👍. Now I've gone back and added 4mm thick leather wrist wrests & there's an internal cable run for charging the trackpad.
the lighter colored "wood" in the picture is a magnetically attached plate that we can swap out if he / anyone else needs a different hole shape.
A friend of ours just finished setting up a really nice new CNC for woodworking. The plan is for me to model & prototype things with my 3D printer and then once all is 👍 he'll cut one out of wood.
alas, it's too big for my printer so I'll have to cut it into pieces & re-assemble to test.
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In case it's not obvious from the photo, the top hole is where the keyboard goes and there's a rectangular hole below the triangular cutout where a trackpad would go.
I have the pao'er! Yet another 3D printed @Playactiontoys Star Wars action figure toy model was released last week. My weekends have been jammed lately, but I was able to complete Rogue One's Pao in good time - thanks, again, to https://twitch.tv/MakerDeck for helping make making a community thing.
#plasticity3d for designing small functional #3dprinting parts (electronics cases, ...), worth trying?
From having used FreeCAD/SolveSpace/Fusion before I really like the constraint based modeling, but something less cumbersome would also be nice. Shapr3d looks really nice but the subscription & cost is putting me off. Plasticity's pricing & perpetual licensing would be acceptable.
The free version of Fusion would work, but the UX & app streaming experience is horrible, do not want.
Say I wanted to do #3Dmodeling (for #3Dprinting), which #CAD software should I go for? Maker, selling some stuff. Parametric is a must.
I use #Shapr3D which is great but getting pricier ($300/year). My subscription is up for renewal and I’m on the fence. I don’t know if I want to get into #Fusion360 because I don’t trust Autodesk (free for <$1000 profit, $680/year otherwise).
Oddly enough, #SolidWorks has a maker version now ($48/year for <$2000 profit, a bajillion otherwise).
Couldn't find any super basic standing 10x15cm picture frames so I'm making my own. Also gives me the excuse to play around with Wood-PLA filament. :blahaj:
Picture in the frame can be found here: https://wallpapersafari.com/w/ZQDWmM
@rasterweb That's even more basic than I was going for, haha. 😅 Thank you for the link. I'll finish this anyway though, may go for something that specifically looks and feels good with the mentioned Wood-PLA.
@3dprinting#3dprinting, I have a crtpuch and when I press the button to home the nozzle, the nozzle goes too far down and crashes into my build surface. I’ve tried adjusting the probe offset up and down though nothing seemed to change, any help?
@Omega Nö, der druckt gerade einen weiteren Prototypen eines Gehäuses für einen Minicomputer (Rock Pi 4C+). Fand das andere Gehäuse was ich letztens remixte eher suboptimal. 🤭
Läuft aktuell auch "nur" mit 150mm/s Geschwindigkeit und 5000mm/s Beschleunigung. Könnte ihn jeweils bis auf 300mm/s bei 7000mm/s Beschleunigung hochdrehen, das mache ich aber erst nachdem endlich die neuen Motortreiber da sind (darum ist der aktuell auch so laut).