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Design for 3D-Printing

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bilsbie ◴[] No.43891074[source]
Is prusa the way to go for someone who wants something that just works?
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codingrightnow ◴[] No.43891141[source]
I'm not sure anything 'just works'. I have an Ender 3 S1 with autoleveling. I still have to adjust 4 knobs while getting under the print head with a feeler gauge. It's absolutely maddening. I need to do this with every print. If I don't touch the thing for a few months it's really bad. If you don't get it right it will gauge your printing surface or alternatively rip your piece apart as it prints. Then you need to know about bed temperature, nozzle temperature, and a hundred other things. Then what types of filament work best with certain bed types. I wish I never got it.
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1. sho_hn ◴[] No.43891394[source]
I've never any sort of pre-print processing/calibration on my Prusa MK4(S), other than cleaning the build plate. This sort of hand-holding really isn't required anymore on the modern printers.

Slicers also come with presets for different filaments these days, which generally do a reasonable job and knowing about temps & co is largely optional to getting going.