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Behold, my first ever 3D printed object (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by mineralfellow@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know, everyone I see uses that tug boat print for their calibration, but what you made here was far more intricate and beneficial.

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

How did tug boat become the standard test print? Wouldnt car or eifel tower have the same curves/arches/height for all the test things?

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 14 points 2 days ago

The short answer is someone designed it specifically to demonstrate calibration across different printing conditions and it took off in no small part because it's cute and can serve as a filament sample.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

The answer isn't glamorous, "because someone made it, and it works well."

Also the "3DBenchy_Broschure_3DBenchy.pdf" file it comes with is helpful.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago

Nobody knows.

I think it's because Benchy has a crazy amount of changing surfaces and is easily printable with or without supports, scales better, and doesn't take terribly long to print.