https://williamresearch.com/tags/3d-printing/Recent content in 3D Printing on Research LogsHugoen-USThu, 17 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0700https://williamresearch.com/posts/choosing-3d-software/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0700https://williamresearch.com/posts/choosing-3d-software/<h2 id="my-first-print-exposed-the-wrong-starting-point">My First Print Exposed the Wrong Starting Point</h2> <p>My first successful print was a small box with my name engraved underneath. I modeled it in Blender and printed it on a Bambu Lab A1 Mini. Holding the finished part was satisfying. Getting there was less straightforward.</p> <p>For a simple box, I had to work through Object Mode, Edit Mode, mesh faces, normals, Boolean operations, applied scale, manifold geometry, thin faces, STL export, and slicer inspection. One unit mistake sent the lettering far away from the box. Another produced an absurd size in the slicer. I even mistook a travel line in the preview for stray geometry.</p>