Design Tools and Basics
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Owning a Makerbot 3D printer means being able to make anything you want at a push...
Visit a 3D printing filament factory – 3dk.berlin
Have you ever wondered where the filament for your 3D printer comes from and how it’s made? I recently had the chance to visit 3dk.berlin,...
3D Printing
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Function
The software starts by taking a .stl or .obj file along, with all our settings, and...
Layer height, fill settings, and perimeters in our objects
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Getting ready
Open up Slic3r and go to the Print Settings tab. We're staying in the Simple...
A Maker’s Journey into 3D printing
If you’ve visited any social media outlets, you’ve probably come across a never-ending list of new words and terms—the Internet of Things, technological dissonance,...
Designing Objects for 3D Printing
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How a 3D printer works
A 3D printer needs to take a description of a three-dimensional object...
Octopus Pencil Holder
In this article by Joe Larson, the author of the book 3D Printing Designs: Octopus Pencil Holder, we are going to look at some of the...
Case study – modifying a GoPro wrench
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Simply scaling the model is easy to achieve with other programs like Netfabb (www.netfabb.com) or your...