I'm a noob. Hope you can help me. I need to know if I should leave my PLA filament loaded in the head, or should I remove the filament when I am finished 3d printing an object. Is it safe to finish printing and just leave the printer loaded with the filament. thank you for your help. BTW, what modeling program can a non-engineering type like me use that doesn't require years of training to use. Tony 😎
Hi Tony, As far as I know it's best to store your printing material in a sealed container (I use a large gallon zip loc bag and the box the filament came in) because it tends to absorb moisture and this can lead to the material not printing too well. In terms of CAD modelling software I use Fusion 360, there are a lot of free tutorials on TH-cam as well as beginner tutorials on the Autodesk site. For free cad software I've heard that FreeCAD(www.freecad.org/) is pretty good although I've never used it myself.
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I'm a noob. Hope you can help me. I need to know if I should leave my PLA filament loaded in the head, or should I remove the filament when I am finished 3d printing an object. Is it safe to finish printing and just leave the printer loaded with the filament. thank you for your help. BTW, what modeling program can a non-engineering type like me use that doesn't require years of training to use. Tony 😎
Hi Tony, As far as I know it's best to store your printing material in a sealed container (I use a large gallon zip loc bag and the box the filament came in) because it tends to absorb moisture and this can lead to the material not printing too well. In terms of CAD modelling software I use Fusion 360, there are a lot of free tutorials on TH-cam as well as beginner tutorials on the Autodesk site. For free cad software I've heard that FreeCAD(www.freecad.org/) is pretty good although I've never used it myself.
link to stl?
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