This may be the start of a new series of “quick coffee break tips” – random tips to help in your 3D printing journey. Preview of 3d stl files in Windows File Explorer If your preview pane in File explorer is not already showing .stl or .3ml file previews in Windows (on Macs the preview […]
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Prusa Slicer – Quick Start
Here’s a really quick intro to Prusa Slicer to get you going … After installing Prusa Slicer you should be prompted to run a wizard to set up the printer your have and profiles for the filaments you might use. Select the manufacturer, find your printer then select the nozzle size(s) you might use – […]
So you bought a 3D printer … now what?!
How? A quick and simplistic overview of how 3D printing works is to think of it as a glue gun that is attached to a normal printer, then add the fact that you can stack layers of these prints on top of each other and that is how you print in 3D. So, you heat […]