Designing and calculating values for snap fit

Snap fit design are small protuberance of plastic that flexes to clip and maintain two parts together. Computing these designs are difficult because of the numerous parameters to account for.

Here's a calculator that should make computing those easil...

Parametizer tool

This is a tool that I've written to help parameterize a polygon mesh back to format that's usable for CAD modelling.

Typically, it's used when you only have a STL file of some model and want to apply some modification to it without having to model the same object from scra...

How to install Octoprint on an Orange Pi Zero 2

Why ?

Let's say you've bought and built a new 3D printer, and started printing stuff like crazy. Yet, you now find very painful to have to remove the SD card each time, insert in the SD card reader, plug on your computer, open Cura or whatever oth...

How to find the maximum print speed your printer can achieve ?

There are so many variables limiting the printing speed and/or quality you can achieve with your 3D printer. Many of them are interlinked, so I'm proposing a calculator so you can find out the what could be the maximum printing speed t...

Easy tutorial to create nice timelapses of your 3D prints

Now you have a shiny new 3D printer. You start printing parts at considerable rate and haunting thingiverse for things to make. What about making a magical video of the thing that grows into reality (almost) instantly ?

This tutorial will...