10:06 <bambukah> Hello everybody :)

10:08 <bambukah> I have a small question: I have a small laptop (Asus Vivobook with a Intel N4020, 4G RAM...) And I would like to know if OpenSCAD run to make small 3D models, please ?

10:09 <teepee> yes

10:09 <teepee> you'll have to be a bit careful to not generate high resolutions needing lots of memory

10:09 <bambukah> thank you teepee :)

10:10 <bambukah> So the $fn must be "low", right ?

10:10 <bambukah> Also, can I use the dev snapshots to enable Manifold with this small computer ?

10:11 <teepee> yes, prefer $fa/$fs, maybe start in 2d, extrude to 3d later, ...

10:11 <teepee> yes, dev snapshots would certainly also be very beneficial in this case

10:13 <bambukah> Thank you so much teepee for your answers ! You help me so much :)

10:14 <bambukah> (And than ArchLinux AUR to add openscad-git, it's really simple to install dev snapshots with that (but a bit long on a N4020 :) )

10:15 <teepee> I can't say much about Arch, I've never used it but some people here do

10:16 <teepee> well, slower computer, you just need a bit patience, I use quite a number of raspberry pies, which works fine if one does not expect lightning speed :-)

10:17 <bambukah> Wait, you use OpenSCAD on RasPi ? Which one ?

10:17 <teepee> I have it installed, but OpenSCAD I use mostly on my laptop

10:18 <teepee> but for other stuff like running youtube on my "TV" or the document management system and such stuff

10:19 <bambukah> OK :)

10:19 <bambukah> I use OpenSCAd to create some assistive tools for EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) and Hypermobility people. And It change my life :)

10:20 <teepee> nice!

10:21 <bambukah> I've done a model who havemore that 350 odwnloads and more than 100 likes on Printables :D

10:22 <bambukah> I'm so happy for that, it can help many people all around the world.

10:22 <bambukah> and it was done with OpenSCAD

10:27 <teepee> that's an awsome use case. I mostly only do boring stuff for electronics like cases and such. I still hope some people find those useful

10:27 <teepee> what's your account on printables?

10:45 <bambukah> @teepee @FlorentKos_1766127

10:51 <J24k17> https://www.printables.com/model/1011264-openeds-soda-can-opener

10:51 <bambukah> Yes J24k17, that's mine :D

10:55 <teepee> hmm, there should be an area on the website for such projects. I just don't know how to get this started

10:56 <teepee> but maybe a simple list could be a beginning

10:56 <J24k17> great idea to add this to the gallery

10:57 <J24k17> there are quite a lot projects for handicaps or elderly

10:57 <teepee> but I feel it gets buried there, with the gallery mostly showing more complex stuff

10:58 <J24k17> make it a folder like scadvents

10:58 <teepee> where this or for example the projects for blind and vision impaired people are sometimes simple things but can be a huge impact on life

10:58 <bambukah> You know, assistive tools in Europe are quite expensives (because people can have health care who refund a lot of money) But some people doesn't have these health cares. And that's why I do these tools.

11:00 <teepee> those kind of projects are great. like this stethoscope project giving doctors a tool for a coupole of bucks instead of hundreds of dollars

11:01 <bambukah> And I already work on other tools(most for arthritis this time)

11:04 <bambukah> Don't know If I can talk here about something. But I search something about a "commercial licence" for people who have a 3D Printer and want to sell my tools... Don't know how to do that...

11:06 <J24k17> you can use the printable clubs/store  or  make it exclusive on bambu  ( or go to thangs etc)

11:07 <J24k17> or just select a restrictive license and hope to get contacted by someone who likes to sell - but that is quite unlikely

11:07 <bambukah> Many people ask me where to buy OpenEDS tools (they don't have 3D printers)

11:07 <bambukah> All my tools are on CC BY-NC

11:07 <J24k17> you can sell them via print services

11:08 <bambukah> J24k17: Do you know a good print service ?

11:08 <J24k17> there is even one integrated in openSCAD

11:09 <bambukah> I don'tk now that ! Where ?

11:09 <teepee> and one more coming probably

11:09 <J24k17> https://printathing.com/

11:09 <J24k17> depending on material straways has some options

11:09 <bambukah> Only use PLA at this time :)

11:11 <J24k17> https://www.stratasys.com/en/stratasysdirect/services/3d-printing-services/

11:11 <J24k17> in USA DHL has a print service

11:12 <J24k17> https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-print-on-demand-companies/

11:12 <bambukah> thank you :)

11:12 <bambukah> A friend said to me "You know, the OpenSCAD community are really great"

11:12 <bambukah> That's true

11:13 <J24k17> sorry that was 2D printing .. here https://all3dp.com/1/best-online-3d-printing-service-3d-print-services/

11:13 <J24k17> windows has some integrated

11:14 <J24k17> https://www.shapeways.com/   is down .. that is odd

11:15 <teepee> ouch, even the name gone?

11:16 <teepee> bankrupt Shapeways BV.

11:16 <teepee> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapeways

11:16 <teepee> Shapeways, Inc. ***was*** a global, 3D printing marketplace and service.

11:16 <teepee> oh

11:18 <J24k17> https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/shapeways.com.html

11:18 <J24k17> shit didn't expect that

11:20 <Scopeuk> They won't a little over a month ago if memory serves

11:20 <Scopeuk> S/won't/went

11:21 <J24k17> I wonder how that could happen

11:21 <bambukah> I imagine something with an API

11:22 <bambukah> Sell the tools from my website and printed&send by a 3dprint service

11:23 <Scopeuk> By the sounds of things their efforts to have distributed manufacturing capacity for quick shipping/distribution left them with massive debts for lots of high end machines, they failed to meet the order requirements to service the debt

11:23 <bambukah> it's so bad for Shapeways :'(

11:23 <J24k17> management gamble

11:24 <J24k17> i also assume for 80% of the jobs, companies can just buy a  X1E (bambu) or similar and be cheaper off

12:54 <Scopeuk> It's not even the fdm gamble, it's slm/full colour machines and the machining services

12:55 <Scopeuk> Few people have that but the machines are incredibly expensive to buy and almost as expensive to run

13:53 <kintel> pca006133 Was offline: In terms of Thingiverse. Back then it was small; I think only 2500 OpenSCAD designs existed on the platform. Some took a long time to render, but I only had to exclude 2 designs due to long rendering times. My script did take a _long_ time to run though..

13:54 <kintel> My scripts are still here btw., but probably not very useful today: https://github.com/openscad/statistics-scripts

13:54 <kintel> I think the most time consuming task is to create a representative collection of OpenSCAD designs

22:50 <rue_shop2> hi guys, minor tweak

22:50 <rue_shop2> I have a large file and slow filesystem

22:51 <rue_shop2> its REALLY important to update the screen with 'backing up drawing' BEFORE you start doing it.

22:53 <rue_shop2> ... anyone alive today?

22:53 <rue_shop2> hahah worng project

23:00 <UltimateCodeWarr> When I am developing a project, whenever I save it will automatically preview it (F5).

23:00 <UltimateCodeWarr> I just get in the habit of CNTRL-S for saving it

23:00 <UltimateCodeWarr> After every modification.

23:43 <gbruno> [github] kintel edited pull request #5357 (Add support for multiple 3D print services) https://github.com/openscad/openscad/pull/5357