Tools

List of tools i have used over the course of Fabacademy


Software - Coding stuff

Software - Design

Sketching, ideation and 2D design

  • Pureref - An amazing program for gathering images into a big moodboard
  • Concepts - My go to sketching app on the ipad
  • Inkscape

3D modeling and visulasition

  • Blender - Free and opensource 3D software that can be used for anything from sculpting to animation and much more.
  • BlenderKit

3D CAD

Slicers and other machine specific software

  • Beam Studio
  • Preform - Formlabs slicing software
  • Artec Studio - The software that is bundled with the Leo to process scans
  • Orca Slicer - My main slicer for Bambu Lab 3D printers, open source and has the ability to store “k-values” along with your material
  • Bambu Studio - Bambu Labs own slicer, needed for doing multi colour prints.

Hardware - Machines

  • Formlabs Form 3L - Large format SLA 3D printer
  • Artec Leo - High performance general purpose 3D scanner
  • Bambu Lab P1S - The printer I use in my farm, I don’t do much multi colour printing but I have one with an AMS that I used for this project.

Hardware - Componants


This list is live and will be added to over time.


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