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[zxys001]

[DennisD]

Excellent stuff.

Did anyone else notice the CAD they were using is Onshape? And Trimech is a SolidWorks VAR.

Edit: Well, that is embarrassing! I'm so used to the classic icon colors in SWX that the blue/gray icons first looked like Onshape to me. Watching it again on full screen I can even see that it has a tab for SolidWorks Add-Ins (at 4:00).

I've made worse mistakes.

(If it were my model the icons would be yellow/blue and the features would be named. And that's not a mistake.)

[zxys001]

Excellent stuff.

Did anyone else notice the CAD they were using is Onshape? And Trimech is a SolidWorks VAR.

Hello Dennis,.. yeah, very use-fill

I like the idea of using the carbon fibre inserts!

It's SW for sure using GrabCad and a App... plus selling their printers with the Insight software (w/pause)

It looks like there are many ways to "Pause" in other slicers -
https://the3dprinterbee.com/cura-pause-at-height-guide/

[SPerman]

I try and avoid using captured nuts whenever possible. Instead I will leave a pocket to insert the nut. I don't have to baby sit the printer (or worry about stopping the slicer at the proper height) and if a nut ever gets damaged it can be replaced.

[SPerman]

[Frederick_Law]

I try and avoid using captured nuts whenever possible. Instead I will leave a pocket to insert the nut. I don't have to baby sit the printer (or worry about stopping the slicer at the proper height) and if a nut ever gets damaged it can be replaced.

I did the same. Keep the hex pocket a bit tight to keep the nut in.

[Frederick_Law]

UV resin do peel off.
Car body clear coat will seal 3D print to get them "water proof".

[KennyG]

I've also seen where you can "solvent" polish FDM prints with acetone which will smooth and seal, but doesn't work with good PLA material.

[zxys001]

[Frederick_Law]

https://all3dp.com/4/3d-printed-injecti ... -the-cost/

High-performance, high-temperature plastic enables a 3D printed injection mold to match the performance of an aluminum mold with the benefit of lower cost and faster production.

[Frederick_Law]

https://scitechdaily.com/blurred-light- ... ty-lenses/

New 3D printing method produces commercial grade microlenses with smooth surfaces, which could advance optical device design.

[SPerman]

Stratasys targets Bambu Lab in new patent infringement lawsuits

[Frederick_Law]

https://all3dp.com/1/the-biggest-hurdle ... -printers/

Previously, Trevisan’s complex designs for engine parts or heat exchangers resulted in computer-aided design (CAD) files that were 7 to 10 gigabytes in size. CAD models with a huge number of features, such as extremely refined meshes, stretch the capacity of today’s software with file sizes and rebuild times that increase exponentially with the size of the part.

This marine engine cylinder head, measuring about 500 x 500 x 450 mm, however, was optimized for 3D printing in “computational design” software from nTop, which enabled Trevisan to add the very complex details, such as lattices and internal channels, and to merge parts into one part without multi-gigabyte files. nTop is like CAD software, but more sophisticated in the way it represents part geometry and results in much smaller file sizes.

Implicit Modeling is next step in CAD.

[SPerman]

This is one of our customers.

He takes information from his bot farm and feeds it into ChatGPT, which identifies printers that need service.

https://www.instagram.com/perryparts/reel/DBL7a6GxQaz/

[Frederick_Law]