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Has anyone ever 3D printed a car?

Strayce @lemmy.sdf.org - 8hr

I know this is c/memes but .. Sort of, yeah. Not a whole one that I'm aware of, but there are stl files around for hard-to-find parts. Mostly trim and non-structural stuff AFAIK, like the door handles on my car are notorious for breaking, and absolutely impossible to source, so I have the models here ready to go if I ever need them. It's kinda cool.

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keepcarrot [she/her] - 8hr

That's honestly really impressive. Also gives me some ideas if I ever get the 3d printer up and running again

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HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its] - 8hr

I printed Kim Kitsuragi's Coupris Kineema

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BelieveRevolt [he/him] - 7hr

This makes me wonder if you could take a mod for a game like Assetto Corsa and turn the 3D models into printable files thonk

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Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided] - 6hr

you generally can but modelling for games is about a different kind of efficiency than when you have to worry about infils, unsupported overhangs, and other materials science things that 3D prints have to consider, so you don't really have a hard drive full of free physical toys sitting in you game library.

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bdonvr @thelemmy.club - 4hr

I mean you can still probably do a lot of them just be ready to deal with fiddly supports and such

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Strayce @lemmy.sdf.org - 6hr

Not familiar with the game, but a quick web search tells me that apparently AC models are in FBX format. Blender should be able to load that and convert to stl for printing.

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