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Hello community, I'll try to be brief. My 13 year old son got a 3d printer as a gift, and I'd like to learn alongside him. We have 0 experience. However, I am a data scientist, so lots of professional Python experience, if that helps. We're a foss/Linux family so my questions are:

What tools are the best to learn for 3d printing for me? I am ready to learn CAD programming. Can you all recommend a tech stack and resources to learn it?

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[–] cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Cura is worth the learning curve along with a raspberry Pi running Octaprint if you have a raspberry pi or old computer lying around.

Then I would recommend downloading some files using Thangs so you can dial in your slicer settings. Then I wpuld start with the CAD.

Edit: Added Thangs.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have a home lab running two docker hosts, does it need to be dedicated hardware, or would this work?