>>10503046sorry it seems I may have replied to the wrong anon.
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>>10499784. Fuck you specialized 4 year curriculum designer anon. Even if you actually went through a 4 year curriculum, you're probably a glorified technician. I learned about much of the important details in undergrad. For understanding and running them at a basic level, anyone can do that. As long as you've played with play-doh as a kid you can understand FDM.
>>10502995Goddamn CS trash. So let's go over the CS stuff first. STL does not support color, so you can't have that eye. STL is not the only format you can use and in fact there are ways of doing 3d printing without doing rasterization or pixelation. I HATE the STL file format so much! FUCK STL AND TRIANGULATED FORMATS! Ok, so let's move on. 3d printers don't eject air to hold up overhangs, the print support material. The support material can either be chipped away or dissolved in the case of FDM and photopolymer inkjetting. Most consumer 3d printers don't use support material and instead rely on the user chipping away supports made of the same material.
