Chapter 7Troubleshooting
“I don’t think many people are aware of how much time it takes to get accustomed to the finite things that make printing successful. Everybody wants to just plug it in and have it work. You actually need to stop and learn how to use [the machine] for it to be a useful tool.”
David J. Castellano, scenic designer
As a technology still in its toddlerdom, there are still bugs to work out in the 3D printing process. Even if you have created, fixed, and exported what seems like the most perfect 3D model, there can still be some issues that get in your way.
“We look at everything as a solution or a challenge. Even failures are an education.” 34
Jason Lopes, Lead Systems Engineer of 3D Print & Scan Technologies ...
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