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3d pens

No mention of 3d pens? They are kind of miniature 3d printers. Developed / Inspired by the technology. Setenzatsu.2 (talk) 14:36, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

3D printer tests

Huge problem, especially in crowdfunding and online shopping, is that you never know for sure what print quality you could expect from a given machine. There are numerous standard 3D printer tests, the most common being #3DBenchy. Now Autodek also entered the market. It a major thing that is misssing in the article. [1] Setenzatsu.2 (talk) 14:44, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lead section

Hello - I rewrote the lead section today and removed the "multiple issues" tag - if anyone has any feedback or complaints please let me know. I tried to make the lead more accessible to a general audience, shortening it and breaking it up a little bit. Paradox society 03:49, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

3D printing during COVID-19

Hi, I just wanted to suggest that the use of 3D printing during COVID-19 would be a worthy addition to this page to help provide recent context and an example of the technology being used to produce millions of products. This really is an unprecedented use of the technology, and a great example that readers may want to be aware of. Good links to topics of COVID-19, healthcare, medical products, FDA regulations, distributed manufacturing, supply chain, etc.

A few peer reviewed, open access references that provide context and data:

Thanks for considering. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.69.156.152 (talk) 01:49, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits.

For my edit I focused on adding more of the hobby side of 3D printing. There wasn't much in there about how people not in the industry use it, so I added a few facts about when the cost of printer costs started to drop in the history section. I also added a section to the applications part of the page. I added that more and more people are buying printers to the point now that they out number the users in industry usage.