3d-printing-orientation

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3D Printing Orientation Class Links

Class Links

• Class Handout (older)
• 3D printing Playlist
• BARN Prusa Usage Notes
• Details about infills
• Documentary about Josef Prusa
• WhistleGen
• Prusa Slicer Download
• Prusa Slicer Documentation
• Details about paint-on supports
• Details about Seam Painting
• Article about filament company in Vancouver
• Info about Chocolate Printers
• Patent Parasites in 3D Printing (2023 paper)

Popular Filaments

• Favorite Filaments List

Free (or free-ish) Modeling Software

• Blendr - Mac/Win/Linux - Free
• build123d - Python-based - Free
• FreeCAD - Mac/Win/Linux - Free
• Fusion 360 - Mac/Win - Free limited (proprietary)
• MeshMixer - Mac/Win - Free (proprietary)
• OpenSCAD - Mac/Win/Linux - Free
• TinkerCAD - Web-based - Free (proprietary)
• Onshape - Free for personal use with public storage (check license)

Not-Free Software (some have free/limited versions listed above)

• Alibre Atom3D (Win)
• Fusion 360 (Mac/Win)
• Luban 3D (Mac/Win/Linux)
• Onshape (cloud)
• Rhino 3D (Mac/Win)
• Solidworks (Win)

Lithopane Options

• Its Litho (free, supported by online store)
• Lithopane Generator (Free - Patreon link)
• Luban 3D (commercial - Mac/Win/Linux)
• LithopaneMaker (free, supported by online store)

Some (mostly) free sites for printable models

• Bento 3D Design
• Instructables - (search for ‘3d print’)
• MyMiniFactory (esp. /scantheworld/)
• NASA 3D models (printable)
• National Institutes of Health 3D Print Exchange
• Pinshape
• Prusa Printables
• Smithsonian 3D
• Thingiverse
• Yeggi - Search Engine for 3D Models
• YouMagine (mostly RC now)
• Terrain STL Generator
• Cults 3d
• thangs

Other Useful Sites

• 3dprinting.com - General/Industry 3D Printing News
• 3dsourced.com - general 3D printing news
• Prusa Blog
• Prusa Site
• Ultimaker Site
• all3dp.com General 3D Printing News (requires ads)
• RepRap Wiki
• Shapeways - 3d printing to order