You wouldn't download a boat (Benchy-pocalypse 2025)
You wouldn't download a boat (Benchy-pocalypse 2025)
Now that Benchy's are off the market, what are your go to test models? I've seen Cali Cat and the torture toaster as examples.
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We print boatys now....
https://makerworld.com/en/models/972949#profileId-945062 https://www.printables.com/model/1141963-3d-boaty
There's a thread going on at the other site about this if you want more info (/r/3dprinting)
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This is hilariously named like reddit's /r/trees being about marijuana and /r/marijuanaenthusiasts being about trees.
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I just got done reading about the benchy controversy and now I see that someone turned out an alternative model less than 24h ago with a master class troll of a name. What an absolute legend.
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Agreed. I normally lurk, like a lot, but it was enough for me to login to spread the trolling.
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I don't think I've ever printed a benchy in the first place. And I knew about its license from the beginning.
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Juan Guerrero's public domain Artevita Sphere is a decent replacement torture print.
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A creative license can be a bitch. It prevents companies like Microsoft and Bambu from taking open source code private and can stop funny derivative works from being created by Joe Schmuck for fun.
You can still print all the boatys you want. You just can't remix them.
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Unpopular opinion: The license makes sense and should have been enforced from the start.
The Benchy is a benchmarking tool, not just visually but there are also various features you can measure and check against the dimensions on the website. But that doesn't work if the model you're printing has been modified.
If it looks like a beachy, it should have been printed from the original model, so it's always comparable. Preventing derivatives means you can be sure of that, even if it came on the included SD card with your printer. Otherwise, manufacturers could include a modified model that makes their printers look better than they are.
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whats happening with benchy?
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Benchy license apparently prohibits derivative works. hackaday
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For a benchmarks designed to test printer performance, isn't this a good thing? Allowing derivative works would allow a printer manufacturer to modify a benchy model to best suit their printer's strengths, potentially defeating the purpose.
It would be one thing to try to charge people for benchy, but that's not happening. This sort of seems reasonable? Or am I wrong?
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