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I started 3d printing back when you had to build it all from scratch, and it seemed ABS was the only filament to be found. PLA came along soon enough and made things sooo much easier. Then came some more exotic ones like TPU or Nylon I think, but I never tried them out because they seemed pretty niche.

But now I'm getting back into it after some time and am seeing PETG popping up more and it seems to have become one of the mainstream materials now.

Are there any other key materials I should become aware of these days? Has PETG started to replace ABS as a superior "high-temp" filament? Does anyone have experience with these?

[-] calculuschild@vlemmy.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OnShape is my go-to. It's what I taught my students when I was a TA for an introductory engineering class at college, and they could pick it up in about a day.

Can do just about anything a "professional" cad suite does, but it's free, works in a browser, and is generally so much better designed so you don't have to fight against the UI to get anything done.

[-] calculuschild@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

Why plastic washers instead of springs? Is the bed sagging due to the washers deforming with heat?

[-] calculuschild@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

Wait so what was the trick to save time and filament? Just rotating the part to use fewer supports?

[-] calculuschild@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I see a URL like this, I, and.... polling my coworkers here..... All 52 coworkers on my group chat would say these are highly suspicious and would not click on them. I imagine this is the general consensus for internet-savvy people.

  • I'm happily reading a post on Reddit, and see a link like that: clearly dangerous.
  • I'm happily reading a post on Lemmy, and see a link like that: probably dangerous, but possibly a Lemmy instance? Impossible to tell. I want to read Lemmy, not whatever "stoneclub" is.

It would be great if links to remote Lemmy instances had some kind of styling applied; a little icon, etc., that would make it clear this link is within the fediverse.

calculuschild

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