So I have some good news for you on this one. The 3D printing community is dominated by folks with a libertarian mindset and spirit of colaboration. 3D printing is the one place where OPEN SOURCE WON.
The Hardware designs for my printer are open source. The firmware is open source. The drivers are open source. The design software is open source And the models are almost all open source.
Every year or so a company tries to come in with a proprietary product ... and fails. The 3D printing open community does not stand for it... they out-inovate and open source everything. The companies that are successful are the ones that embrace this... that inovate and give back. Yes, I paid for my printer but what I was paying for was the manufacturing. They produce at volume and mark up and I pay for the convenience of pulling something out of the box and turning it on. I literally could have built it myself if I wanted.
I have literally never paid for a 3D model and I have printed A LOT of things.
Until they come up with a NON mathematic (knowing) way to "describe" something/anything, the usefulness of a 3d printer will be SEVERELY limited to the AVERAGE person. Perhaps a "Drawing" app on a PC who's output is the match that describes how a 3D printer would create it. Even then, it will be limited.
NEW things will need COMPLEX (usually) descriptions (describe love)....to create/reproduce. THAT takes TIME and EFFORT (brains), and people get PAID for that. and "billionaires" are NOT into giving that away.
Perhaps a "Drawing" app on a PC who's output is the match that describes how a 3D printer would create it
That is literally what all three of the apps I recommended are. There is no 'MATH'. Don't give up before you try
So how does one DESCRIBE (average joe) an object to such a tool, AND how LIMITED is it (given math and INFINITY and the rest of all of that sort of thing (everything))?
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