What is a niche hobby of yours that you are fascinated by and would like to share with others?
What is a niche hobby of yours that you are fascinated by and would like to share with others?
I'll start. I have recently gotten into 3D printing, and, while incredibly frustrating sometimes, there's nothing more rewarding than getting a perfect print.
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I got into 3D printing this year also. I wanted it to feed into my other hobbies and general tinkering. Aside from getting the printer to run well, it's really satisfying to design something functional. I was so proud when I replaced my broken washer knob with 10 min of CAD.
@GeeRad @_cerpin_taxt_ what software do you use for modeling? I've had my printer for awhile but still struggle with quick/efficient modeling (blender for me but I'm not great at it),
I use fusion 360 personally. I like the 2d sketch to 3d aspect. There's a free version for personal use, you just have to look for it since they tend to hide it on their website
Blender terrible for cad. It's an art tool, not an engineering tool. There is at least one plugin to make it a parametric modeler like cad programs, but I've never used it.
Blender does have its place in manipulating/repairing STL files though. You just can't get the same vertex-level control out of any other program.