3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
The r/functionalprint community is now located at: !functionalprint@kbin.social or !functionalprint@fedia.io
There are CAD communities available at: !cad@lemmy.world or !freecad@lemmy.ml
Rules
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No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
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Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
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No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
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No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
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Do not create links to reddit
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If you see an issue please flag it
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No guns
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No injury gore posts
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Whatever you chose I would make sure it supports klipper firmware. It is super growing and popular open source project and it can be installed on most of them.
For slicer, I use Cura because im lazy to get familliar with others, but dont worry about that you can always swich to another slicer whenever you feel like
Are there any great printers that come stock with Klipper yet?
I dont think so since you need something like raspberry pi or pc connected to printer, but most of them will support it and it depends on printers main board. I havent been buying printer for years, so not rly usefull sry
Ah, slicer is used to prepare gcode for a printer, but you cant create 3D model in slicers. You need 3D modeling software like blender or CAD like solidworks. Learning 3D modeling is slow process, but there are loads of free models online. Check thingiverse or printables
I learned how to use Fusion360 a couple months ago by asking GPT-4. The key is to start with an object you want that's simple enough to describe, and ask lots of questions.