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printing anyone? OT  post #1 of 4 Thread Starter   forgive me
for an OT thread but my company is just getting into 3D printing
and I was wondering if anyone else here is interested in this?
we bought a new Cube X 3D printer and spent quite of bit of time
trying to get it to work: it would run fine for about an hour
then fail  After 2 months and some really poor customer service,
they sent us a replacement refurbished printer and it is
starting to work: we are using the prepacked software hand as a
test  Our purpose is to use it to make models of small parts
from Auto Cad/ Inventor 3D files to check for fit post #2 of 4 I
find the technology to be amazing. IMO this is the future of
inventing and innovation. The materials are getting stronger and
the process continues to come down in cost. What types of 3D
files do you need to print out an actual object? Can you use
free modeling software like G