Rui CarmoI bought a Prusa kit on October 2014, and have been merrily twiddling its various bits over the years with considerable delight, since it’s a nice, slow(ish) hobby.
I’ve since been using quite a few more printers, and this page has a few resources I’ve found useful.
Resources
| Category | Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAD | 2025 | Chili3D | a 3D CAD application for online design |
| 2026 | meshStep | pure-TypeScript STEP-to-mesh importer that produces watertight process-grade triangle meshes | |
| mesh2step | Converts STL, OBJ, 3MF, and PLY triangle meshes to faceted B-Rep STEP using OpenCascade, with optional mesh repair and surface-recognition modes | ||
| Guides | 2024 | Troubleshooting Pictorial Guide | |
| Calibration Guide | |||
| Print Quality Troubleshooting Guide | |||
| Management | 2024 | OctoPi | My current solution for both submitting jobs and minding the printer remotely using a Raspberry Pi |
| Slicing | 2024 | Slic3r | A Perl STL to gcode translator |
| Cura | The nicest slicer software for the Mac. | ||
| 2025 | AutoForge | a Python Hueforge helper | |
| S4_Slicer | a generic non-planar slicer that uses the S3 algorithm | ||
| Kromacut | an open-source Hueforge alternative | ||
| Tools | 2023 | FusionGridfinityGenerator | a Gridfinity plugin for Fusion 360 |
| 2024 | RepRap Utilities | A bunch of tools to do useful calculations | |
| Spoolman | A spool manager for OctoPrint and Klipper/Moonraker | ||
| 2025 | Skapa | generate 3D printable models for IKEA SKADIS pegboards | |
| PrintGuard | a local AI print failure monitoring system that can run on a Raspberry PI 4 | ||
| 2026 | PrusaPATuner | printer tuning utility for Prusa/3D printing workflows | |
| stlTexturizer | browser-based tool for applying surface displacement textures to 3D meshes and exporting binary STL | ||
| PolyCut | an SVG-to-2D GCode tool for plotters, cutters, and Klipper/Moonraker-connected 3D printers | ||
| Support Fins | Browser-based STL/3MF support tool that analyses overhangs and load direction, suggests model orientation and support fins, and exports printable files | ||
| tracefinity | generate custom Gridfinity bins from tool photos with local or Gemini-assisted tracing | ||
| Viewers | 2024 | thingiview | JavaScript STL file viewer |
| 2026 | Preview3MF | macOS Quick Look extension for .3mf files |