Sending it to the printer That's the entire 3D design for this project. All we need to do is select it, export it as an STL file, and send it into Cura to be sliced for printing.

Rather than change the home position on his Z axis, [Mikey77] used AutoDesk 123D to create 3D PCB designs. Each of his .stl files has a “spacer bar”, which sits at the bed level.

Github, everyone's favorite nerdery, added STL object file support - basically a system for uploading and rendering 3D models - in April. Now, however, they've improved their service with a system ...

He lets the printer go through one layer of an STL file that contains his design, which polymerizes a thin layer of plastic onto the copper.

What I learned from my first few months with a Bambu Lab A1 3D printer, part 1 One neophyte's first steps into the wide world of 3D printing.

See, a slicer is a piece of software for your PC or Mac that can convert a 3D model file -- normally with the file extension .STL, .3MF or .OBJ -- into a file that is usable by your 3D printer.