alt Hacker NewsI think that is a fantastic insight that 'Making niche solutions is the point' with 3D printing.
Unfortunately, it is still very hard to _design_ niche solutions. The usability of CAD tools did not really improve at all in the last 20 years..
I think that is a fantastic insight that 'Making niche solutions is the point' with 3D printing.
Unfortunately, it is still very hard to _design_ niche solutions. The usability of CAD tools did not really improve at all in the last 20 years..
CAD is complicated, yes. But the biggest pain point is that engineering requires a lot of adjacent knowledge about material, tolerance, mechanical design, tooling, and so on. Making things requires patience.
CAD is the easy part.