3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
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Rules
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No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
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Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
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No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
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No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
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Do not create links to reddit
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If you see an issue please flag it
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No guns
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No injury gore posts
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Slicer plugins are available in Octoprint
Example: https://github.com/OctoPrint/OctoPrint-Slic3r
Bookmarked for investigation when I finish my current batch of tasks (and 3 reminders set so when I forget I'm reminded)
Might need to set up a VPN server so you can access (if your Pi is behind a firewall) - this is what I do so I can access when away from home.
No worries on that front, VPN is already set up and was established several years ago to do this and these days none of this infrastructure runs on a pi. But yes, that would be needed had I not already done so.
The only thing I find lacking in OctoPrint is SLA support. Made the move from FDM a year or so back and haven’t been able to find anything that works.
One potential was an OctoPrint plugin, but it doesn’t support recent firmware versions of a reality firmware.
My experience has consistently been that Cura gave superior prints