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Someone Reverse-Engineered Prusa's INDX Into Real CAD — and It Says a Lot About the Open Community License
A GitHub repo has reconstructed parametric CAD for Prusa's INDX toolchanger from Prusa's own printable mesh and published it as CC BY-SA 4.0 — a share-alike claim that runs straight into the Open Community License, which says any distributed derivative stays under OCL.
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MarineLab3D Ditches Fixed STL Files, Sells Parametric 3D-Printable Boat Parts Generated On Demand
Italian marketplace MarineLab3D swaps static STL boat-part libraries for JSCAD-based parametric models that users dial to their own dimensions, with a watertight check before download and revenue share for outside designers.
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3MF: Why the 3D Printing Industry Is Moving Away From STL
STL has been the default 3D printing format for 35 years. The 3MF format does everything STL does and adds color, material, orientation, and multi-part support — here's why the transition is accelerating.
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OpenSCAD for 3D Printing: Parametric Design Without a GUI
OpenSCAD lets you write 3D models as code, making designs fully parametric and scriptable. Here's how it works, what it's good at, and how to think in constructive solid geometry.
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Printables vs. MakerWorld vs. Cults3D: Where Should You Share (and Find) Models in 2026?
The model-sharing landscape has fragmented since Thingiverse's decline. We compare the three serious contenders — Printables, MakerWorld, and Cults3D — on community size, creator economics, and search quality.
