当3D打印成为初学者时超越初学者

OK, let's just say it. I'm not that handy and I'll never be handy. I'm consistently impressed with all my friends and family members who put up pictures of their amazing dining room tables made from scratch. "Ya, I raised this tree from a sapling, cut it down, and made this table with tools from the 1700s. #diy."

好吧，我们就说吧。我不是那么方便，我永远也不会方便。我的所有朋友和家人给我留下了深刻的印象，他们张贴了从头开始制作的精美餐桌的照片。 “是的，我从树苗上摘下了这棵树，砍下了树，并用1700年代的工具制成了这张桌子。＃diy。”

Every time I pick up a saw or a drill I feel like I'm faking it. But I try.

每次拿起锯子或钻头时，我都会感觉很伪造。但我会尝试。

The most important thing when making, I think, is to identify your comfort zone and then push past it a little bit.

我认为，制作时最重要的事情是确定您的舒适区域，然后再稍微向前移动。

I've been doing some 3D Printing lately. In fact I'm being teased by people at work who say the printer is always going whenever they call. I say, if I'm going to make a big purchase like this, it needs to be used all the time or non-technical spouse will tell me that buying it was a mistake.

我最近一直在做一些3D打印。实际上，工作人员在嘲笑我，他们说打印机随时随地都在运转。我说，如果我要进行这样的大笔购买，则必须一直使用它，否则非技术配偶会告诉我购买这是错误的。

Here's some of my 3D Printing posts so far:

到目前为止，这是我的一些3D打印文章：

I'm still a beginner, but I think I'm quickly moving into intermediate skills when printing things on a 3D Printer. Here's some lessons I've learned.

我仍然是一个初学者，但是我认为在3D打印机上打印东西时，我很快就进入了中级技能领域。 这是我学到的一些教训。

3D打印机销售错误。 (3D Printers are marketed wrong.)

Listen up, 3D Printer makers, you're selling these things wrong. I was over at Home Depot recently, it's a lumber/tools/fixit shop here in the states (where Handy People go to cut wood, I guess) and they had a Dremel 3D Printer on the end of the aisle. I have a Dremel, so asked a few questions and pretended to be a new customer. They had setup a bunch of little colorful plastic toys. You've seen these demonstrations, right? It's all the little crap like Yoda heads and stuff. It has its place, but at some point you're like "OK, but what can I make that I can use?"

听着，3D打印机制造商，您错把这些东西卖了。我最近在家得宝(Home Depot)住过，这是美国各州的一家木材/工具/固定车间(我想，“便利工”去砍木头)，他们在过道的末端有一台Dremel 3D打印机。我有一个Dremel，所以问了几个问题，并假装成新客户。他们安装了一堆五颜六色的小塑料玩具。您看过这些示威吧？就像Yoda的脑袋和其他东西一样，都是些废话。它有它的位置，但是在某些时候您就像“好，但是我能使我使用什么呢？”

It's a Home Improvement Store where Handy People go, not a Hobby Shop. Show me stuff I can make that will fix my house!

这是杂物店的家装商店，而不是业余爱好商店。告诉我我可以做的东西可以修理我的房子！

The first thing I printed was a wall bracket for my Dyson Handheld Vacuum. (Again, the goal here is to have non-technical spouse appreciate that I, too, am a Handy Person.)

我打印的第一件事是戴森手持式真空吸尘器的墙托架。 (同样，这里的目标是让非技术配偶欣赏我也很方便。)

3D Printer manufacturers should showcase all the cool utilitarian stuff you can make. Which leads me to...

3D打印机制造商应展示您可以制作的所有酷实用工具。这导致我...

材料/长丝-不仅有香草PLA和ABS (Material/Filament - There's more than just vanilla PLA and ABS)

When you print, you use filament which are spools of plastic spaghetti. There's lots of materials but the first one we all use is PLA, which is a plant-based biodegradable plastic. Later folks move on to ABS Plastic, which is what LEGO bricks are made of. I haven't gotten that far yet and have only printed PLA...however.

打印时，请使用细丝，细丝是塑料细面条的线轴。有很多材料，但我们所有人都使用的第一个材料是PLA，这是一种基于植物的可生物降解塑料。后来人们开始使用ABS Plastic，这就是乐高积木的材料。我还没走那么远，只印了PLA ...不过。

There is a company called Proto-Pasta that makes and sells "exotic filaments" including PLAs that include Carbon Fiber, Magnetic Iron, like a Conductive PLA, or High Temp PLA. The High Temp PLA can be head treated (put them in the oven) and they'll then become very heat resistant AND a lot stiffer and stronger.

有一家名为Proto-Pasta的公司生产和销售“异乎寻常的细丝”，包括含有碳纤维，电磁铁(如导电性PLA或高温PLA)的PLA。可以对高温PLA进行头部处理(将它们放入烤箱中)，然后它们将变得非常耐热，并且变得更加坚硬。

On the left in this pic is a clear High Temp PLA print of a bracket I wanted. Then I put it in the Oven for 20 min at 230F. The one on the right has crystalized and changed from translucent to opaque and it's VERY STRONG.

在这张照片的左边是我想要的支架的清晰的高温PLA打印图。然后，将其放在230F的烤箱中放置20分钟。右边的一个已经结晶，从半透明变成不透明，非常坚固。

I mention this because discovering and using this High Temp PLA opened up a whole world to me. Now I can try printing simple circuit boards with Conductive PLA! The point is, I was playing it safe, but now my possibilities have multiplied.

我之所以这样说是因为发现和使用这种高温PLA给我打开了一个广阔的世界。现在，我可以尝试使用导电PLA印刷简单的电路板！关键是，我一直在安全地玩，但是现在我的可能性增加了。

软件-比我想象的重要 (Software - Way more important than I thought)

As I mentioned in my post on The Basics of 3D Printing in 2015 there is a lot of great open source software that you can use to 3D Print with. In fact, you can make your own 3D printer using off the shelf parts and open source design, so there's no real need for you to spend any money on software.

正如我在2015年发布的3D打印基础知识中提到的那样，有很多很棒的开源软件可用于3D打印。实际上，您可以使用现成的零件和开源设计来制造自己的3D打印机，因此，您真正不需要花任何钱在软件上。

But. I was talking with a 3D Printing expert at a MakerFaire and they gushed about Simplify3D. It's an all in one 3D Printing software that can take in 3D models, arrange them, slice them (slicing means turn the 3D model into x-y-z movements for the printer) and so much more.

但。我正在与MakerFaire的3D打印专家交谈，他们对Simplify3D感到困惑。这是一款多功能的3D打印软件，可以接收3D模型，对其进行排列，对其进行切片(切片意味着将3D模型转换为打印机的xyz运动)，等等。

Before I was using multiple apps, constantly tinkering, fighting with the built-in software, moving files from app to app in a disjoint workflow. With Simplify3D not only is it easier, but the parts are better. How? It is just that much smarter software, IMHO.

在我使用多个应用程序之前，请不断进行修补，与内置软件作斗争，以不连贯的工作流程将文件从一个应用程序移动到另一个应用程序。使用Simplify3D不仅更容易，而且零件更好。怎么样？恕我直言，这就是更智能的软件。

I love this view below. I've got a bracket I'm going to print, and the have colored the "moves" of the print head intelligently showing how many mm per min (mm/min) the print head will move. See how the software is smart about the speed of the supports versus the walls versus the parts that stick up?

我喜欢下面的这种观点。我有要打印的支架，并且为打印头的“移动”加上了彩色，以智能地显示打印头每分钟移动多少毫米(毫米/分钟)。看到该软件在支撑件相对于墙壁相对于粘附部件的速度方面如何聪明吗？

Simplify3D made the Minecraft Chess set possible when other systems were creating weird supports or moving too fast and tipping over the fragile parts.

当其他系统创建奇怪的支撑或移动速度过快并在易碎部件上倾斜时， Simplify3D使得Minecraft国际象棋装置成为可能。

Seriously, if you're moving to intermediate like I am, pay the money and buy Simplify3D. I don't say that lightly. I'm just scratching the surface and learning what it can do, but so far it's already been worth the money. I have no relationship with the company and there's no affiliate code on the link.

认真地说，如果您要像我一样过渡到中级，请付钱并购买Simplify3D 。我不会轻易说出来。我只是从头开始，学习它可以做什么，但是到目前为止，它已经物有所值。我与公司没有关系，链接上没有会员代码。

恐惧-我仍然担心该设备...直到我拆开它 (Fear - I was still afraid of the device...until I took it apart)

For the most part I've been using my Dremel and Printrbot 3D Printers without issue or incident. However after a few hundred hours of successful printing a snag in the filament spool as it unraveled somehow caused a clog in the Dremel. I was kind of freaking out. 3D Printers are somewhat persnickety and when you have one well-calibrated you don't usually want to mess with it. I thought.

在大多数情况下，我一直在使用Dremel和Printrbot 3D打印机而不会出现问题。但是，在成功打印了几百小时之后，细丝线轴由于解开而出现了障碍，这在Dremel中造成了堵塞。我有点吓坏了。 3D打印机有些固定，当您对其进行了良好的校准后，通常就不会把它弄乱了。我想。

I called Dremel Tech Support and let me tell you, someone give Adrian Malone at Dremel Consumer Services a raise. I called them up and Adrian was in the middle of a print. First, I love that, folks that use their products. He say he had over 1000 hours on that machine (the machines keep track) and he talked my courage up until I felt prepared to take about the whole head and unclog it. His instructions were crystal clear, he was patient and kind. All the things Tech Support should be. Gave me his extension but told me anyone could help...and I have a feeling they could. I've heard tales of Dremel Tech Support being amazing for these printers before this cemented it.

我打电话给Dremel技术支持，告诉我，有人给Dremel Consumer Services的Adrian Malone加薪。我打电话给他们，而阿德里安(Adrian)处于印刷品的中间。首先，我喜欢那些使用他们的产品的人。他说他在那台机器上工作了1000多个小时(这些机器一直在跟踪)，他说出了我的勇气，直到我感到准备拿起整个脑袋并疏通它为止。他的指示很明确，他很有耐心和友善。技术支持应有的一切。给我他的扩展名，但告诉我任何人都可以帮助...，我感到他们可以提供帮助。在此之前，我听说过Dremel技术支持对这些打印机而言令人赞叹的故事。

继续打印-如果您不使用它，那么您就不会学习 (Keep Printing - If you're not using it, you're not learning)

My 7 year old and I are printing a quadcopter from places called "CrossFire 2" as a (many) weekend project. We printed a money clip for his allowance last week. We just finished the Minecraft Chess Set today. We're always making, but more importantly, we're always learning. \

我和我7岁的孩子正在(许多)周末项目中从名为“ CrossFire 2”的地方打印四轴飞行器。上周我们印了一张钱夹作为他的津贴。今天我们刚刚完成了Minecraft国际象棋比赛。我们一直在努力，但更重要的是，我们一直在学习。 \

Are you 3D Printing? What kinds of stuff do you make? What tips did I miss? Sound off in the comments.

您是3D打印吗？你制作什么样的东西？我错过了哪些技巧？在评论中听起来不错。

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关于斯科特 (About Scott)

Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

斯科特·汉塞尔曼(Scott Hanselman)是前教授，前金融首席架构师，现在是演讲者，顾问，父亲，糖尿病患者和Microsoft员工。他是一位失败的单口相声漫画家，一个玉米种植者和一本书的作者。

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