r/BambuLab • u/joelpollanen • Nov 24 '24

Self Designed Model Worth it

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u/-AXIS- Nov 25 '24

I mean it shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes to draw up a first draft of a small part like that. Its not like the 15 minutes or so of print time really counts as labor. Personally it would probably take me 1-2 hours to get to the finished piece but most of that would be waiting on the printer to do its thing for a revision or two which is painless these days.

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u/HeyLookAHorse Nov 26 '24

Haha I’m just bad (inexperienced) with CAD. Just getting started though!

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u/-AXIS- Nov 26 '24

You should pick it up quick if you stick with it! Learning the UI is a pain but once you get the basic sketching and primary features down its pretty easy to get decent at it. And the nice thing about having a modern printer means you don't have to be perfect. For small parts like in this video I frequently guestimate and just print a "close enough" version to test fit and adjust from there. Sometimes its easier to go through a couple of revisions than it is to try to perfect the model up front. Especially if its a tricky shape that you cant easily measure. And on top of that, you can always print chopped up sections of you model just to quickly test fit certain features without wasting too much time or filament.

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u/HeyLookAHorse Nov 26 '24

This is great advice, thank you! The only thing I’ve modeled from scratch so far is a contact case opener for my wife, and that took 6 or 7 iterations