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What is a niche hobby of yours that you are fascinated by and would like to share with others? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[-] GeeRad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] musicmind333@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@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),

[-] Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

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.

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