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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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[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To expand on this, also wait to do any big modifications to the printer until you familiarize yourself with it and again, are able to get decent prints. Nothing is worse than starting out with something new and not knowing whether your issues are caused by a lack of experience or something you changed yourself.

[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Depending on the printer going for klipper directly might make it easier to use. Being able to have the abl probe and calculate what adjustments need to be made makes life so much easier.