Friday 19 January 2024

First proper use of CAD to create a 3D print

Most of my 3D printing so far has been using existing models and making small tweaks / remixing them for my own needs / interest. Finally I decided I should learn some basic CAD to design my own prints. My first project turned out well (if not slightly larger than I was expecting) ...

This was exactly as I had envisaged, a name tag that I could attach to a present which could be easily detached to be kept if wanted. I used FreeCAD to design and export as .stl file which I could import into Cura for slicing.

Now for more of my own designs...

(wow it has been a long time since I posted anything here)