u/Geek_Verve

I will be purchasing a resin printer for business use, production of functional and mechanical parts, including tooling and injection molds. Consistent and reproduceable precision and dimensional accuracy are the most critical requirements - ease of use and a proven ecosystem, a close second.

I've settled on the Formlabs Form 4 with one concern. Doing some cost analysis with some of the parts I'm looking to produce, resin costs alone will drive costs quite high. I'm not producing products with NASA contracts or medical/dental sales price points, so margins are a concern. I'm beginning to think that, while Formlabs is perhaps the ideal solution for prototyping and tooling validation for farming the production out to injection molding, it may not be the right choice for in-house production.

Is anyone here using their Formlabs printer(s) for small scale, in-house production?

I will be purchasing a resin printer for business use, production of functional and mechanical parts, including tooling and injection molds. Consistent and reproduceable precision and dimensional accuracy are the most critical requirements - ease of use and a proven ecosystem, a close second.

I've settled on the Formlabs Form 4 with one concern. Doing some cost analysis with some of the parts I'm looking to produce, resin costs alone will drive costs quite high. I'm not producing products with NASA contracts or medical/dental sales price points, so margins are a concern. I'm beginning to think that, while Formlabs is perhaps the ideal solution for prototyping and tooling validation for farming the production out to injection molding, it may not be the right choice for in-house production.

Is anyone here using their Formlabs printer(s) for small scale, in-house production?

I used the shell command on an object I'm working on, and it worked fantastic. However it did leave me with some gaps I would like to fill to make 3D printing the part easier. I tried the loft command, but it seemed that no matter which faces I selected, it was unable to connect them. I'm still learning, so I was probably just not doing it right. Can someone please point me in the right direction? I just want to fill that cantilevered space.

https://preview.redd.it/ndu7xug2xy2h1.png?width=261&format=png&auto=webp&s=29f17126dd755eb595dc9533a2fb7bb36bc8771e

I'm working on my first actual assembly project. As I was creating the first component, I created several parameters. Unfortunately, when I moved on to creating the next component, I realized those parameters aren't available outside the first component. I guess I should have created those parameters on the assembly rather than the component?

As a test, I tried deleting the parameter from the component and recreating it on the assembly, but when I went back to edit the original component, the parameter was not available. I assumed that parameters created in the assembly would be global and accessible to all components.

What is the best way of moving parameters from a component to the assembly, so they are available to all components?