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Heat Has to Go Somewhere: Designing 3D Printed Parts That...


Plastic is a thermal insulator and an electrical insulator, and both of those facts are usually treated as background. They are not background. They are the two properties that decide whether a printed part becomes a housing, a bracket, a duct, or a part that quietly fails at month eight...

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Draw It Once: Modeling 3D Printed Parts So They Fit the First Time

Draw It Once: Modeling 3D Printed Parts So They Fit...


Almost every failed 3D print that was not a printer problem was a drawing problem wearing a printer problem's clothes. The machine did what it was told. The part came out at exactly the size the file asked for. It just did not fit — because the file asked for the wrong thing. This is not an...

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How to Prevent and Fix Warping: A Practical Guide


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Layer Height Explained: Choosing the Right Resolution for Every Print


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Support Structures: When You Need Them and How to Remove...


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First Layer Adhesion: Why Prints Peel and How to Fix...


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