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Andreas Riedmüller

I am working on a collection of simple shapes that can easily be configured and downloaded for 3D printing. The site is static and everything will be generated in the browser. I am using Gatsby and JSCAD and Strapi to manage the content.

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Facundo Ayosa

This is beautiful!
I have on my "To Do List" this exact project, but using CURA API to get the amount of filament it will need (in grams and in length), estimated printing time and (if possible) the amount of energy it will take.

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Andreas Riedmüller

My mid-term vision is that I have a display next to my printer, choose a shape, enter some parameters and click print. I think I can do that with Octoprint and a Slicer plugin. Is the Cura API online or do I need a Cura printer for that?

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TechMan09 • Edited

I think you need an Ultimater or Ultimater connected printer in order to use the print functionality with the API. I can’t seem to find a reference for slicing objects remotely, except for a forum post about a docket image (Linked below, although I’m sure you already saw it).

Integrating with a slicer and Octoprint would be cool though!

community.ultimaker.com/topic/2954...

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Joshua Greenway

Oh…this is magic!

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Adam Crockett 🌀

Primitive shapes to print I like the idea

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TechMan09

Spectacular! I will certainly be a user.

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Andreas Riedmüller

Great, let me now when you use it. It’s super motivating to know if there is someone not me using it.

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TechMan09

The documentation link is incorrect, otherwise I love the design and UI!

(How about a contact page)?

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Andreas Riedmüller

Thank you! I updated the site to work with JSCAD V2 and the link should be up to date now. And there is a contact/imprint in the footer, forgot about this.

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TechMan09

Did you get the email I sent from hello@tinkertechlab.com to mailto:submissions@stl.parts?

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Andreas Riedmüller

Yes, now I have it, it was in my spam folder. Thank you for your feedback, appreciate it!

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TechMan09

Glad you got it!

You may want to create a filter so emails sent to *@stl.parts is not sent to spam.

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Andreas Riedmüller

Yeah, that’s a good idea.