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We have put this list together for our own use and for anyone who likes to have all their information in one place and then stored it on our really useful USB key. By April 2018 we will have been fortunate enough to be involved in 3D Desktop printing for 5 years. During which time there have been many interesting and amazing web pages, web links, forums and people, that we have come across or been advised of by our wonderful customers, which has made our journey both exciting and rewarding. If you would like to add any information/links or remove items from the following pages then please drop us a line at enquiries@3dfilaprint.com and we will arrange to have this file updated. Last updated 23/03/2018 Thank you, we hope you enjoy your journey as much as we have â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3D FilaPrint

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Table of Contents 3D PRINTING FOR BEGINNERS ............................................................................................................... 5 What is 3d printing? ............................................................................................................................ 5 Who is using 3D printing? ................................................................................................................... 5 How do the different 3D printing technologies work? ....................................................................... 5 What materials can be used for 3D printing? ..................................................................................... 5 3D Printing Materials Guide ................................................................................................................ 5 TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................................................................................................... 6 Great guide to troubleshoot Print quality. ......................................................................................... 6 Video Tutorials .................................................................................................................................... 6 In-Depth Articles ................................................................................................................................. 6 34 Common issues when printing....................................................................................................... 6 Print Troubleshooting Pictorial Guide................................................................................................. 6 Visual Ultimaker Troubleshooting Guide ............................................................................................ 6 Reddit .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Google+ ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Wise Words from a man who knows .................................................................................................. 7 FILAMENTS AND SETTINGS. ................................................................................................................... 8 Filament Directory .............................................................................................................................. 8 Filaments, temp settings and more… ................................................................................................. 8 Filaments, temp settings from GlobalFSD.com… ................................................................................ 8 3D Printing and YouTube ....................................................................................................................... 9 Thomas Salander................................................................................................................................. 9 XRobots ............................................................................................................................................... 9 3D Printing Nerd ................................................................................................................................. 9 Maker’s Muse ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Josef Prusa .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Richard Horne ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Matt Denton ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Naomi 'SexyCyborg' Wu ...................................................................................................................... 9 Daniel Lilygreen................................................................................................................................... 9 Ben Hawkesworth of Hawke3DProto ............................................................................................... 10 A comprehensive list of YouTubers .................................................................................................. 10 3D Model Resources............................................................................................................................. 10 Thingiverse ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Pinshape ............................................................................................................................................ 11 MyMiniFactory .................................................................................................................................. 11 Major 3D Models sites ...................................................................................................................... 11

Yet another site compiling the list of 3D model resources. .............................................................. 11 Hobgoblin-3D .................................................................................................................................... 11 Keeping up with the 3D printing World............................................................................................... 12 3Ders ................................................................................................................................................. 12 3D Printing Industry .......................................................................................................................... 12 3D Printing News............................................................................................................................... 12 3D Print ............................................................................................................................................. 12 TCT Magazine .................................................................................................................................... 12 WIRED ............................................................................................................................................... 12 New Atlas .......................................................................................................................................... 12 3D Design Software .............................................................................................................................. 13 3D Design Software........................................................................................................................... 13 Software ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Function ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Level .................................................................................................................................................. 13 System ............................................................................................................................................... 13 TinkerCAD ....................................................................................................................................... 13 3D Design, CAD ................................................................................................................................. 13 Beginner ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Web Browser .................................................................................................................................... 13 3D Slash ............................................................................................................................................ 13 3D Design, CAD ................................................................................................................................. 13 Beginner ............................................................................................................................................ 13 PC, Mac, Linux, Web Browser ........................................................................................................... 13 Sculptris ............................................................................................................................................ 13 3D Design, CAD ................................................................................................................................. 13 Beginner ............................................................................................................................................ 13 PC, Mac ............................................................................................................................................. 13 SketchUp ........................................................................................................................................... 13 3D Design, CAD ................................................................................................................................. 13 Intermediate ..................................................................................................................................... 13 PC, Mac, Linux ................................................................................................................................... 13 Fusion 360......................................................................................................................................... 13 3D Design, CAD ................................................................................................................................. 13 Intermediate ..................................................................................................................................... 13 PC, Mac ............................................................................................................................................. 13 FreeCAD 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Intermediate ..................................................................................................................................... 13 PC, Mac, Linux ................................................................................................................................... 13 Blender .............................................................................................................................................. 13 3D Design, CAD ................................................................................................................................. 13 Professional....................................................................................................................................... 13 PC, Mac, Linux ................................................................................................................................... 13 Onshape ............................................................................................................................................ 13 3D Design, CAD ................................................................................................................................. 13 Professional....................................................................................................................................... 13 Web Browser .................................................................................................................................... 13 Vectary .............................................................................................................................................. 13 3D Design, CAD ................................................................................................................................. 13 Professional....................................................................................................................................... 13 Web Browser .................................................................................................................................... 13 Compiled List of both Free and Paid software’s ............................................................................... 13 Instructables creating 3D prints from medical scans........................................................................ 13 Compiled list by ALL3DP.................................................................................................................... 13 3D Model Viewers, STL Checker/Repair software’s............................................................................ 14 Compiled List of both Free and Paid software .................................................................................. 14 Slicers & 3D Printer Hosts ................................................................................................................. 14 How can you make money with 3D Printing? ..................................................................................... 15 Article by Lifewire. ............................................................................................................................ 15 13 Products You Can 3D Print to Make Money. ............................................................................... 15 How to Quickly Make Money with a 3D Printer ............................................................................... 15 5 Easy Tips That Will Boost Your Sales and Won’t Cost a Dime! ...................................................... 15 Major filament manufacturers from all around the world. ................................................................ 16 Fillamentum ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Polymaker ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Ninjaflex ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Proto-Pasta ....................................................................................................................................... 16 Kai Parthy .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Taulman3D ........................................................................................................................................ 16 3DXTECH ........................................................................................................................................... 16 Owa Armor ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Filaprint ................................................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. UK & Major International 3D printer parts suppliers. ........................................................................ 17 E3D-Online ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Ooznest ............................................................................................................................................. 17

HobbyKing ......................................................................................................................................... 17 WanhaoUK ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Aliexpress, Gearbest, Banggood ....................................................................................................... 17 eBay, Amazon.................................................................................................................................... 17 Exhibitions and shows .......................................................................................................................... 18 TCT NEC Birmingham ........................................................................................................................ 18 What type of different filaments are available for FDM printing? ................................................... 18 Inspirational 3D prints & design works ............................................................................................... 19 

Tony’s amazing 3D printed pinball machine ............................................................................. 19

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Stephen Busch and the 3D printed coat of arms ...................................................................... 19

Other links without a category ............................................................................................................ 20 Adafruit ............................................................................................................................................. 20

3D PRINTING FOR BEGINNERS What is 3d printing? https://www.3dhubs.com/what-is-3d-printing In the above link you’ll find a great deal of information around 3D printing, starting with the very basics, before diving deeper to give you expert knowledge, that’ll be essential once you decide to get started on this amazing road.

Who is using 3D printing? https://www.3dhubs.com/what-is-3d-printing#who-is-using-3d-printing One of the great things about 3D printing is that it can be beneficial for anyone, regardless of industry or profession. The team at 3DHubs collected some common examples to show how people are using 3D printing and why they chose the technology as their preferred prototyping of manufacturing method for specific uses.

How do the different 3D printing technologies work? https://www.3dhubs.com/what-is-3d-printing#technologies All 3D printing technologies create physical objects from digital designs layer by layer, but each using its own proprietary method.

What materials can be used for 3D printing? https://www.3dhubs.com/what-is-3d-printing#materials Selecting the right 3D printing material for your project is very important. Which material is most suitable is largely dependent on your specific use case. In this section, you’ll find the most common 3D printing materials. Learn more about them, compare them side-by-side and pick yours. You can also skip to this important “live” collection of materials.

3D Printing Materials Guide https://www.simplify3d.com/support/materials-guide/ 3D Printing Materials Guide. Covering over a dozen of the most popular materials in use today, this guide will help you select the best material for your next project or improve the quality of your prints with useful tips.

TROUBLESHOOTING 3D PRINTING 3D Printing requires 3P’s – Practice – Patience – Perseverance. It may come as a surprise as not everything goes as planned, at least not all the time. So below are some links to the troubleshooting guides, tips and tricks. They cover all issues from a clogged nozzle, right through to why it’s a good idea to get some sleep 

Great guide to troubleshoot Print quality. (Specific to Simplify3d software but the points raised can be applied on most slicers, i.e. 3D printing software applications).

https://www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting/ This guide is a great place to start if you are trying to improve the quality of your 3D printed parts. Simplify 3D have compiled an extensive list of the most common 3D printing issues along with the software settings that you can use to solve them. Best of all, the guide uses a large collection of realworld images to make each issue easy to identify when examining your own 3D printed parts. Time to get started!

Video Tutorials https://www.simplify3d.com/support/videos/ Looking for more details on Simplify3D features and functionality? Check out the videos, grouped by topic for easy navigation. (Specific to simplify3d software).

In-Depth Articles https://www.simplify3d.com/support/articles/ A wealth of information is available to help you become acquainted with the Simplify3D All-In-One 3D Printing Software.

34 Common issues when printing https://all3dp.com/1/common-3d-printing-problems-troubleshooting-3d-printer-issues/ It’s amazing what your 3D printer can produce. But we’ve all had those infuriating moments when, despite everything, a seemingly simple model just refuses to print successfully.

Print Troubleshooting Pictorial Guide http://reprap.org/wiki/Print_Troubleshooting_Pictorial_Guide This guide is an operational troubleshooting guide

Visual Ultimaker Troubleshooting Guide https://support.3dverkstan.se/article/23-a-visual-ultimaker-troubleshooting-guide Another excellent troubleshooting guide has been compiled by the guys over at 3DVerkstan, a distributor for the Ultimaker 3D printers. Although the guide is geared towards Ultimaker machines, it contains a lot of information that is applicable to other 3D printers also.

Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/ With close to 50.000 users the 3D printing sub-reddit has a large community of users which makes it a great resource when troubleshooting. If you are trying to hunt down a particular quality issue with a print, there is even a dedicated subreddit called FixMyPrint. Simply upload your images to Imgur and post the link to Reddit and wait for the comments to flood in:

Google+ https://plus.google.com/communities/117814474100552114108 On Google+ there is a large and active 3D printing community. 3D Printing is by far the largest community with over 240.000 members. Well-known experts such as Josef Prusa, Thomas Salander, Nils Hitze, Brook Drumm and many others hang out here. Within the community there is a sub-section called Questions/Help, the go-to place for 3D printing problems and solutions:

Wise Words from a man who knows http://richrap.blogspot.lu/2011/10/art-of-failure-when-3d-prints-go-wrong.html Renowned 3D printing expert RichRap wrote a post on 'The Art of failure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; When 3D prints go wrong and lessons from failure'. While this may be less of a troubleshooting guide, we still feel it deserves to be listed here since it contains some interesting lessons-learned.

FILAMENTS AND SETTINGS. Many manufacturers advertise their filament print settings along with your lovely new roll of filament, but generally these guidelines are applicable to all 3D Desktop printers (covering all bases) but if you have read through this guide so far, you will know that broad does not mean best. The links below will help you work out which settings you may need for your own printer submitted by users for actual users.

Filament Directory https://www.filaments.directory/ A wealth of information and print settings on almost all the filaments from around the globe. People share their best settings.

Filaments, temp settings and moreâ&#x20AC;Ś http://3dfilaprint.com/help/ The Original Guide which were have been told inspired many ;) This guide is the testament of the loyal customers who took time to share the info with images and the in-house team who just love to print.

Filaments, temp settings from GlobalFSD.comâ&#x20AC;Ś http://3dfilaprint.com/filament-database/ This guide was put together by a team of 3D printing enthusiasts, who documented and submitted prints from all of the filament samples which were at that time available on our GlobalFSD.com sample store. The web store has since increased its sample offerings. A good place to try before you buy (a full spool)!

3D Printing and YouTube 3D Printing Help, Advice, Tutorials, Do’s and Don’ts Videos and Vloggers on YouTube. This is not a comprehensive list, but it may help, just don’t get distracted!

Thomas Salander Containing a huge variety of 3D-printing content, Thomas Salander’s channel is a comprehensive visual guide for everything related to the subject. These range from hairy lions, to how not to ruin your filament, plus many other interesting videos. After reaching 100,000 subscribers, Thomas 3D-printed his own YouTube play button before the real one arrived!

XRobots James Bruton’s YouTube Channel offers you comprehensive multi-part instructional videos on how to make a variety of robots and cosplay costumes. Sponsored by LulzBot, XRobots is ideal for those looking to complete ambitious build projects that require more than just hitting the print button. From the BB-8 robot from Star Wars to Iron Man cosplay, Bruton’s channel will help comic book and sci-fi lovers make the most of their 3D printer.

3D Printing Nerd An aptly named channel, 3D Printing Nerd makes a huge amount of content, often several videos in a single week on the subject. These videos range from Q and A’s, to niche builds like the Rick and Morty portal gun, to comparisons of different printers. As big Rick and Morty fans, we thoroughly enjoyed the research on this channel.

Maker’s Muse Maker’s Muse is a popular channel (185K+ subscribers) that covers multiple areas within 3D printing. These videos range from rating videos, to “how to” videos such as to save resin, in addition to general news updates in all things 3D-printing. For anyone wanting to learn about more of the printers available (several reviews on the channel), to just wanting some 3D printing-related entertainment, this is a great place for it.

Josef Prusa Josef Prusa presents a very informative tips and tricks-based channel, helping viewers make the most from their wonderfully engineered 3D-printers. Recently the channel has changed to showcase the new Prusa 3D printer and materials. The content is in-depth, detailed, and will help anybody learn more about 3D printing. A must view channel for owners of the Prusa range of 3D Desktop printers.

Richard Horne The RichRap YouTube Channel was created for open source loving RepRap owners; those who like to build, hack, create, and innovate. Richard Horne does more than just build RepRap kits and review them, however. Many of his episodes are centred on experimentation with printer components and materials. From developing multi-colour printing capabilities at home, to his adorable “Dad and Daughter Kit Build” series, the RichRap video series is perfect for those looking to venture on the open source side of 3D printing.

Matt Denton Well known for his hexapod working robot and working on blockbuster movies to create animatronics for Harry Potter, The Worlds End, Prometheus - Alien Prequel, Yoko - Fido Film, The Wolfman Warewolf Transformation, Honey Monster, What’s Your News (Series 1).

Naomi 'SexyCyborg' Wu One of the most active female 3D printing enthusiasts and makers from Asia. A huge range of 3D printing videos and how to’s are available from her YouTube channel of over 250,000 subscribers.

Daniel Lilygreen Well known for making props for cosplay, some famous 3d models include star wars blaster, fall out 3 armour and many more.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXHxzP-2ra7FSn2BDebMaZA

Ben Hawkesworth of Hawke3DProto With a passion for 3D printing and access to some top of the range 3D printers, Ben can show you some 3D prints that will make your jaw drop ď &#x160;

A comprehensive list of YouTubers Compiled by all3dp

3D Model Resources Where can you get receive a daily 3d printing FIX of models and free repositories?

Thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/ MakerBot's Thingiverse is a thriving design community for discovering, making, and sharing 3D printable things. With millions of free models to download and print. Only thing we will add is “Respect the Licencing set by the Designer”.

Pinshape https://pinshape.com/ Both Free and paid models available here. Very active community when it comes to competitions.

MyMiniFactory http://www.myminifactory.com/ Home to more than 40,000 3D printable objects and 8,000 designers. This site ensure each and every single model is printable. They test print every single part.

Major 3D Models sites https://all3dp.com/1/free-stl-files-3d-printer-models-3d-print-files-stl-download/ In a very neat table format to show major 3d printing model resources.

Another website compiling the list of 3D model resources. https://www.aniwaa.com/best-sites-download-free-stl-files-3d-models-and-3dprintable-files-3d-printing/

Hobgoblin-3D The best quality 3D printable for table top games. High detailed models for a friction of price. And you can have 20% using this Code “FILACART”.

Keeping up with the 3D printing World. 3D Printing News and Updates from around the globe.

3Ders https://www.3ders.org/

3D Printing Industry https://3dprintingindustry.com/

3D Printing News https://3dprinting.com/news/

3D Print https://3dprint.com/

TCT Magazine https://www.tctmagazine.com/

WIRED http://www.wired.co.uk/topic/3d-printing

New Atlas https://newatlas.com/3d-printing/ Plus many more.

3D Design Software Modelling your own Models. Resources and links to paid and free softwareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Compiled list by ALL3DP https://all3dp.com/1/best-free-3d-printing-software-3d-printer-program/

3D Design Software Software TinkerCAD 3D Slash Sculptris SketchUp Fusion 360 FreeCAD Blender Onshape Vectary

Function 3D Design, CAD 3D Design, CAD 3D Design, CAD 3D Design, CAD 3D Design, CAD 3D Design, CAD 3D Design, CAD 3D Design, CAD 3D Design, CAD

Level Beginner Beginner Beginner Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Professional Professional Professional

System Web Browser PC, Mac, Linux, Web Browser PC, Mac PC, Mac, Linux PC, Mac PC, Mac, Linux PC, Mac, Linux Web Browser Web Browser

Compiled List of both Free and Paid softwareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s https://3dprinting.com/software/ 3D Modelling Software ï&#x201A;· 3D Slash ï&#x201A;· TinkerCAD ï&#x201A;· FreeCAD ï&#x201A;· SketchUP ï&#x201A;· 123Design ï&#x201A;· Blender ï&#x201A;· SolidWorks ï&#x201A;· Rhino3D ï&#x201A;· Inventor ï&#x201A;· DesignSpark ï&#x201A;· Maya ï&#x201A;· 3DS Max ï&#x201A;· Cinema 4D ï&#x201A;· OpenSCAD ï&#x201A;· Modo ï&#x201A;· Fusion 360 ï&#x201A;· MoI 3D ï&#x201A;· Wings3D ï&#x201A;· K-3D ï&#x201A;· BRL-CAD ï&#x201A;· 3DP Rocks (Creating lithopanes)

Instructables creating 3D prints from medical scans This is an amazing place for instructions on how toâ&#x20AC;¦ ð&#x;&#x2DC;&#x2030;

Compiled list by ALL3DP https://all3dp.com/1/best-free-3d-printing-software-3d-printer-program/

3D Model Viewers, STL Checker/Repair software’s Once you create your model the next step is to check if it’s all good to go and slice it for the 3D printer.

Compiled List of both Free and Paid software Netfabb

Slicer, STL Checker, STL Repair

Intermediate PC, Mac, Linux

3D-Tool Free Viewer MakePrintable MeshLab Meshmixer

STL Viewer, STL Checker

Intermediate

Intermediate Professional Professional

Web Browser PC, Mac, Linux PC, Mac

Cura CraftWare KISSlicer

STL Checker, STL Repair STL Editor, STL Repair STL Checker, STL Repair, STL Editor Slicer, 3D Printer Host Slicer, 3D Printer Host Slicer

Beginner Beginner Beginner

MatterControl Repetier Slic3r OctoPrint

Slicer, 3D Printer Host Slicer, 3D Printer Host Slicer 3D Printer Host

Beginner Intermediate Professional Professional

PC, Mac, Linux PC, Mac PC, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pie PC, Mac, Linux PC, Mac, Linux PC, Mac, Linux PC, Mac, Linux

https://3dprinting.com/software/

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NetFabb Repetier Simplify3D Slic3r Ultimaker Cura CraftWare KISSlicer ReplicatorG Skeinforge 3DPrinterOS

How can you make money with 3D Printing? Article by Lifewire. https://www.lifewire.com/make-money-with-a-3d-printer-2216

13 Products You Can 3D Print to Make Money. https://rigid.ink/blogs/3d-printing-for-business/13-products-you-can-3d-print-to-makemoney-in-2017

How to Quickly Make Money with a 3D Printer http://blog.zmorph3d.com/make-money-with-a-hybrid-3d-printer/

5 Easy Tips That Will Boost Your Sales and Wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Cost a Dime! https://i.materialise.com/blog/how-to-make-money-with-3d-printing/

Major filament manufacturers from all around the world. At 3D FilaPrint we stock filament from all over the world.

Fillamentum Best known for their wide range of Colours (Pantone Based).

Polymaker Well-known brand for PolyMAX, PC-MAX, PolySmooth and many more.

Ninjaflex Industry leading flexible filament provider.

Proto-Pasta Well known for their Conductive, Magnetic Iron and Matte fibre filaments.

Kai Parthy A well-known name in experimenting and introducing wonderful and unusual materials to the world.

Taulman3D Best Known for their wide range in Nylon based filaments both medical and food safe.

3DXTECH Provider of a high end industrial grade ESD (Electrostatically Discharged Filament) and Carbon fibre.

Owa Armor A genuine recycled filaments provider for HIPS and more.

Faberdashery The crĂ¨me de la crĂ¨me of filaments. More information on these and many more branded filaments are HERE

UK & Major International 3D printer part suppliers. If you are looking to upgrade or replace parts, here are a few good sources,

E3D-Online Well known for the best extruders in 3d printing world. Genuine extruder parts, nozzles and new innovative extruder technologies.

Ooznest One stop shop for all the spare parts for the 3d printers and CNC Routers.

HobbyKing A well-known YouTube channel for electronics projects, kits and 3d printer parts.

WanhaoUK UK dealers of the fantastic and incredibly successful Duplicator 3D printers (taken from their webstore đ&#x;&#x2DC;&#x2030;

Aliexpress, Gearbest, Banggood Online stores offering 3d printer spare parts.

eBay, Amazon Not to forget the giants where you can find anything you can name.

Exhibitions and shows The new technology, upcoming hardware/software and filaments.

TCT NEC Birmingham What type of different filaments are available for FDM printing? http://3dfilaprint.com/filament_overview/ if you need specific filament for the required project this guide will provide all available filaments and short descriptions. Really handy when you have literally 100â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of filaments.

Inspirational 3D prints & design works

Tonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing 3D printed pinball machine Stephen Busch and the 3D printed coat of arms

Other links without a category Adafruit Adafruit was founded in 2005 by MIT hacker & engineer, Limor "Ladyada" Fried. Her goal was to create the best place online for learning electronics and making the best designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels.