This is part of our Getting Started series that our space monkeys email to new users. Hi AstroPrint-er, This is tip #2 in a series of 5 tips designed to make 3D printing easy and fun. Tip 2 (of 5): Preparing to Launch – Before you can 3D print the designs in your AstroPrint account, you […]
AstroPrint Tip 1 (of 5): Fuel Up! Getting Started with 3D Designs
This is part of our Getting Started series that our space monkeys email to new users. Hi AstroPrint-er, As a reminder, this is tip #1 of a series of 5 getting started tips you’ll receive over the next 2 weeks. Please reply to this email to let us know what you think of AstroPrint and these tips. […]
Share 3D Models with Friends or the Public
We’re always pumping out new features here at AstroPrint HQ, but we’re especially excited about this one! It’s been highly requested and now it’s ready to roll. As an AstroPrint user, you can now share 3D models through Facebook, Twitter, or a special link. People that you share a model with can view it, share it, […]
3D Print Completed Notifications
It’s quite normal that a 3D Print job takes hours to complete, even days. But what’s really annoying is not knowing when the object is ready for you to take off the print bed the second it finishes. All that anticipation… No more delays! AstroPrint has now added a “Print Job Completion” notification. You will get […]
Share your 3D Printing time lapse videos
There’s nothing more mesmerizing (and time wasting) than watching a 3D Printed object come to life out of a 3D Printer. It is also a great way to show a person how additive manufacturing works. AstroPrint has, for a long time, allowed our users to automatically capture photos of the object being printed. This was primarily […]
The rise of 3D Printing is inevitable
We’ve been talking to a lot of people about our vision for AstroPrint and 3D Printing as a whole lately. Some people are still adverse to the technology and place too many expectations on what it should do to be successful. These are some of the most commonly asked questions by this crowd: – What can you make […]
Cura vs. Slic3r Performance
This post originally appeared in Kevin Weirauch’s blog. Hardware Printrbot Simple Maker Edition – this actually started as the original Printrbot Simple and I used the Makers Upgrade kit to get it to this version. See some of my previous posts for that process. Custom Heated Bed – I hacked this to mount under the aluminum […]