What bugs you the most about downloaded models?

[valcrow 144]

Hey Folks,

I've been designing a lot of stuff lately and I was wondering...

When you go to thingiverse/youmagine or similar services, how do you decide if something is worth printing?

Are there certain things that just make you go, nope! not worth it?

For example, Immediate no nos for me:

-if there is no printed sample along with the STLs by the author.

-If it requires additional fasteners like nuts and bolts. (glue is acceptable)

-if it requires a lot of cleanup

-If there are a ton of parts and not immediately apparent where they fit together

 

How do you filter your decisions? And what makes you tick the most about public models?

 

[jonnybischof 60]

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-If it requires additional fasteners like nuts and bolts. (glue is acceptable)

...

 

To me it's just the opposite: Nuts & bolts are good, glue is bad

 

[anon4321 16]

I agree on the glue point!

No printed sample is a turn off especially to see if it is what I want. This is really true for what I will classify as operational parts such as printer upgrades etc.

I don't mine fasteners as long as they are standard and easy to come by. Some of the models have you go out and get plastite screws or non-metric hardware that might be hard to find (and I'm in the US so fractional inch hardware is plentiful but what I have left over from the UM1 is metric and therefore what I have on hand). As I'm a unsophisticated gorilla, I despise plastite screws since I will inevitably strip them.

Don't mind clean up as long as it seems necessary. Some things are difficult to print with additive methods.

Don't mind lots of parts either as long as there are instructions and it seems necessary.

Shameless plug: this is my one contribution - https://www.youmagine.com/designs/um-original-bowden-tube-clips-and-retainer

 

[conz 0]

Way too high or way too low resolution of the mesh.

I saw this one yesterday: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:354826/#files

:shock: 40mb stl for a pawn. :eek:

Or the oposite, revolved objects with a too low resolution.

 

[anon4321 16]

Holy crap ! 40M for a pawn? Will Cura even slice it?

 

[valcrow 144]

I like glue as long as it's not the only thing holding it together.. (split objects no good, peg + hole = good)

As for nuts and bolts, I can never find the right ones being in a metric country that's beside the US imperial system, you can be sure not to find what you're looking for.

Good to see differing opinions though.

 

[kerry 0]

My biggest turn off is if there isn't a picture of a print. Or even worse - "I don't have a 3D printer yet, but this model should work".

 

[tommyph1208 55]

Good well written description of the part, how to assemble it, its intended use, where its coming from (inspirations, interations etc.) is a big plus i think... It will usually tell if the designer has thought things over, and if there is anything you need to be particularly aware of...

[skint 61]

I like to see printer used and print settings too, so you have a good idea what it prints like. But mainly the choice comes down to how cool the model is I do like to see other users printed ones.

 

[DidierKlein 729]

A good description and instruction on how to print is a big plus.

A picture of it printed also.

What i don't like is when models are clearly not suited to printing like massive overhangs.

Except that, i'm like skint if i find it cool i favor it to be printed (or not)

 

[frozenoak 0]

I dislike when only the .stl file is uploaded. Very seldom am I just looking for something to print. Typically I am looking for the base for some other idea I have. A .stp or .sldprt file are vastly more desierable to me than a .stl file.