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<p>Is it realistic or thought neccesary to develop a plugin/feature for this site, to automatically add a small info-box about a thingiverse link? An example of this is Apple's 3D touch technology. In theory, the plugin could recogize thingiverse links in questions and answers, replace the link with an image and the au... | 2016-01-12T22:26:52.990 | 19 | Plugin for Thingiverse based on API? | |discussion|feature-request| | <h3>Technological issues</h3>
<p>Stack Exchange works hard for its communities, but there is a limit. If thingiverse changes its API (which it can, and does, do at any time without notice) then anything we build on it has to be modified, and users will be very whiny until it's fixed.</p>
<p>If we choose to integrate ... |
<p>Are questions about 3-D printers and their use in makerspaces allowed, for example, "What are the best practices for the maintenance of 3-D printers in makerspaces?" and "What is the best software based solution for the operation of 3-D printers in makerspaces?" Thanks in advance.</p>
| 2016-06-12T17:54:26.017 | 164 | Questions about Makerspaces and 3-D Printers? | |discussion|asking-questions| | <p>Overall, you'll want to try and stay away from <em>"What is the best..."</em> type questions. However, I would say that services related to 3D printing should be okay. Please regard <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/67/fdm-printer-that-can-also-mill-and-engrave-whats-in-scope/68#68">Robert... |
<p>Are questions about online 3-d printing services allowed? For example, if someone needs a prototype and is not so concerned with the actual process of 3-D printing, and the question is around the 'best' online service or recommendations of which company could create the part (based on size, type, or financial consid... | 2016-06-12T18:03:56.287 | 165 | Are Questions about Online 3-D printing services allowed? | |discussion|asking-questions| | <p>As with your <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/164/questions-about-makerspaces-and-3-d-printers">other question</a>, I think the same rules apply. Typically you want to stay away from asking questions about <em>"What is the best..."</em>. Instead, try to present your question as more of a ... |
<p>My flag history shows that </p>
<ul>
<li>6 "spam" flags aged away without review.</li>
<li>3 "rude/abusive" flags aged away without review.</li>
<li>2 "not an answer" flags were raised in February and are still pending. It's now April.</li>
</ul>
<p>All this suggests that current moderators do not have enough time... | 2018-04-01T02:46:26.263 | 259 | Should this site get additional moderators appointed? | |discussion|moderators|flagging| | <p>Some new moderators were appointed yesterday, see <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/135/pro-tem-moderator-announcement">Pro Tem Moderator Announcement</a>. Hopefully the new moderators can keep up the sterling work that the previous moderators have provided up to now... :-)</p>
<p>After a... |
<p>What is the difference between <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/post-production" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'post-production'" rel="tag">post-production</a> and <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/post-processing" class="post-tag" ti... | 2018-06-06T14:32:50.050 | 270 | What is the difference between post-production and post-processing? | |discussion|status-declined|tags| | <p>These are <strong>NOT</strong> the same in a manufacturing, which 3D printing is primarily considered a part of.</p>
<p>Post-Processing typically refers to additional steps that must/can be done to produce the nominally desired part. These steps can include deburr, grind, and other additive/subtractive processing o... |
<p><a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/5097/anet-a8-reading-739c-from-the-extruder-thermistor#answer-6143">This answer</a>, from a new user, to the question, <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/5097/anet-a8-reading-739c-from-the-extruder-thermistor">Anet A8 reading 739°C from the... | 2018-06-10T19:06:26.537 | 274 | Hotend question posted as a answer | |discussion|asking-questions| | <p>I think the way to go would be to migrate the answer (and its comments) to comments of the question.</p>
<p>As for Toonis' answer in the comment. I don't think that there is a way to create an answer for someone else. Functionality like that could be abused to achieve higher reputation. It's up to Toonis to create ... |
<p><em>Please note; Due to its very nature, this post is very subjective and is <strong>not</strong> intended to be a definitive list of categories. It is merely an attempt to offer one perspective of what has been suggested, and to ask "How should we move forward?"</em></p>
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<p>Sometimes it is a bit ha... | 2018-06-13T12:15:56.867 | 276 | Game plan - What is on-topic? | |discussion|asking-questions|scope| | <p>I propose that we add <strong>Direct Ink Writing (DIW)</strong> and <strong>Melt Electro-Writing (MEW)</strong> to the list of on-topic subjects at <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic">https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic</a></p>
<p><a href="https://labs.wsu.edu/mpml/projects/" ... |
<h3>TL;DR</h3>
<p><em><strong>One thing that I did see was that the closed questions, also seem to get automatically deleted. This is a shame because some of them have interesting/informative answers. So this raises the question that whilst, yeah, close the obvious shopping answers, should the associated information/kn... | 2018-06-14T17:39:58.017 | 278 | "Best first printer" wiki/blog/closed-question | |discussion|closed-questions| | <p>I've thought about this in the past as well. I'd be curious if anyone from the Stack Team has any issues with the following format:</p>
<p>1) This functionality needs to be explicitly outlined in our On-Topic page!</p>
<p>2) Any of these types of questions should be created by a moderator and immediately "converte... |
<p><a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/diy" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'diy'" rel="tag">diy</a> and <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/diy-3d-printer" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'diy-3d-printer'" rel="tag">diy-3... | 2018-07-05T21:20:54.520 | 284 | Merge diy and diy-3d-printer tags? | |discussion|tags| | <p>I have retagged all of the <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/diy" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'diy'" rel="tag">diy</a> as <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/diy-3d-printer" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'diy-3d-pri... |
<p>Should there be a space between a quantity and its (SI) units?</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre><code>1.56mm
</code></pre>
<p>or </p>
<pre><code>1.56 mm
</code></pre>
<p>Which is correct?</p>
| 2018-07-11T16:37:03.453 | 297 | Don't forget the space! | |discussion| | <p>I've been fixing posts for a while for many different editorial reasons, but one of the main issues is the lack of a non-breaking space between the amount and the units.</p>
<p>Today however I came across this article, <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2010/12/16/32-gb-versus-32gb-almost-everyone-is-writing-it-wron... |
<p>We have <a href="https://crypto.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/129/a-guide-to-moderating-crypto-stackexchange-yourself-close-voting">an awesome guide on close voting</a> posted by Ninefingers for crypto.SE. I'll just copy it to our meta-<a href="/questions/tagged/faq" class="post-tag moderator-tag" title="show que... | 2018-07-18T23:26:49.377 | 301 | A guide to moderating 3dprinting.SE yourself - close voting | |discussion|faq|voting|closed-questions|vote-to-close| | <h3>Rationale: why do we close questions?</h3>
<p>There are really two ways to do moderation. If you've been on any of the <code>.moderated</code> newsgroups you'll be well aware that to get a post on there, it needs to undergo a review process first and be accepted. The aim is to keep problem discussions from arising... |
<p>There are times when certain standardised comments are called for.</p>
<p>Here are some examples (the links go to the various sections below, under the Answers):</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/303/do-we-have-standardised-comments#answer-305">General comments</a></li>
<li>Pr... | 2018-07-19T11:39:44.337 | 303 | Do we have Standardised Comments? | |discussion|faq|comments| | <h1>Questions</h1>
<p><em>Please note that if a user is new and has shown some research effort in composing the question, gently guide the new user in completing the question rather than using some of the statements below. If a question needs some more information or an image, use comments or flag for moderator attenti... |
<p>Other Stack Exchange sites have a chatroom where people can ask simple queries, exchange technical ideas, raise concerns about SE posts, clarify points (where comments are not sufficient), or just for an informal chat.</p>
<p>Do we have such a chat room?</p>
| 2018-07-30T12:03:05.780 | 307 | Do we have a chatroom? | |discussion|chat| | <p>Yes, in fact there are two public chatrooms:</p>
<ul>
<li>One, <a href="https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/34216/the-hotbed-3d-printing">The Hotbed - 3D Printing</a> chatroom, which was created here: <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/49/what-should-be-the-name-of-our-chatroom">What shou... |
<p>We were offered to <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/314/can-we-get-mathjax-enabled">get MathJax enabled</a>.</p>
<p>Now, we need to decide on which character to have text between them parsed into MathJax! So please either add your suggestion or cast your vote!</p>
| 2018-09-06T10:39:30.503 | 341 | Which character to use to activate MathJax? | |discussion|status-completed|mathjax| | <p>Dollar works in isolation. See:</p>
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<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AhPfX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AhPfX.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
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<p>However, two (seemingly unrelated) dollar signs <em>will</em> cause a problem, se... |
<p>Tag <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/nylon" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'nylon'" rel="tag">nylon</a> exists already, but I think it would be incredibly useful to have a TPE/TPU tag and a tag for all flexibles as a category.</p>
<p><strong>EDIT:</strong> It has... | 2018-10-07T04:57:07.030 | 346 | Can we create a filament tag for flexibles? (TPE/TPU) | |discussion|tags| | <p>From <a href="https://rigid.ink/blogs/news/172062855-what-is-the-difference-between-tpe-and-tpu-flexible-filament" rel="nofollow noreferrer">What is the difference between TPE and TPU Flexible Filament?</a></p>
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<p>TPE = ThermoPlastic Elastomer</p>
<p>TPU = Thermoplastic PolyUrethane, which is a type of ... |
<p>For those who did not know, linking to off-site content in answers is a no-go at SE sites unless you provide context. From <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer">help</a>:</p>
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<p><strong>Provide context for links</strong><br>Links to external resources are encouraged,
but... | 2018-12-06T14:52:09.683 | 371 | Is linking (temporary) to external content a no-go at 3D Printing.SE? | |discussion| | <p><em>Copied from chat</em></p>
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<p>I agree about the posting of the entire configuration file or G-code in a question is too big to fit, etc. What is really needed, and I've thought this for a long time, is a SE sanctioned version of PasteBin [functionality]. A persistent scrapbook/scratchpad site internal to S... |
<p>Copyright is a delicate subject. SE has a strict policy regarding copy pasting other people's text. Correctly citing parts or rephrasing in your own words mitigates this.</p>
<p>What is SE policy for questions containing screenshots of pirated software? What should we do? It must be clear that such practices should... | 2019-05-02T20:29:02.757 | 397 | Pirated software screenshots in question; what is SE policy? | |discussion|stackexchange|etiquette| | <p>See this question, <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/208610/is-it-okay-that-questions-mention-illegal-downloads">Is it okay that questions mention illegal downloads?</a></p>
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<p>It's none of our business, really, and more importantly, as you're proving right now, it's nothing but a distra... |
<p>As the question states, should <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/bed" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'bed'" rel="tag">bed</a> and <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/build-plate" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'build-pl... | 2020-01-04T22:37:11.370 | 466 | Should we merge tag "bed" and "build-plate"? | |discussion|tags| | <p>It should not be about merging of tags, rather we should come up with a proper terminology to identify the correct parts of the "build platform".</p>
<p>Basically, every printer consists of a frame with some sort of guide rails<sup>1</sup> moving a carriage. On this carriage a build surface is attached whe... |
<p>Without going into the specifics (because I don't know them) E3D got into a bit of hot water with the name of their new Hermes extruder and determined that just renaming the extruder to Hemera would make life easier. Is there a way to change <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/e3d-hermes" ... | 2020-01-06T20:42:59.053 | 467 | So it looks like [tag:e3d-hermes] should be changed to [tag:e3d-hemera] | |support|tags| | <p>Yes it is possible to rename tags, but it would indeed be better to create a synonym as the extruder has had the Hermes name for a while. This means the Hermes tag will be replaced by the Hemera tag after adding/confirming the tag in the question.</p>
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<p><strong>Update:</strong></p>
<p>Has been done, there w... |
<p>There's been a bit in the news about persons 3d printing parts to help in the COVID19 pandemic, but as mentioned in <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahgoehrke/2020/03/29/fda-oversight-emerges-for-additive-manufacturing-resources-in-pandemic-response/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this Forbes article</a>,</p>
<... | 2020-03-30T14:02:32.340 | 478 | Are questions about how I can help in the COVID19 crisis on topic? | |discussion|asking-questions| | <p>I don't think that specific question how and where you can help printing parts for the COVID-19 pandemic are of value for the future. But, problems with printing, settings, orientation, etc. are on-topic.</p>
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<p>Several questions are related to first layer calibration or issues: I found 43 of them with "first layer" in the title alone, 150 with "first layer" anywhere (no duplicates).</p>
<p>I propose adding a "first-layer" tag to more easily retrieve said questions.</p>
<p>I already applied it to my latest question withou... | 2020-04-03T16:59:03.920 | 480 | New tag: first-layer | |discussion|tags| | <p>I think the <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/adhesion" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'adhesion'" rel="tag">adhesion</a> tag should be used instead.</p>
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<p>Which are some of the most active online communities (regardless of platform) that regularly deal / talk/debate / etc with printing in general?</p>
<p>I'm especially interested in ones focused heavily on DIY and UV printing</p>
<p>I'd love some recommendations if you have any!</p>
| 2021-01-22T10:58:03.483 | 509 | Online printing related communities | |discussion| | <p>Ok, as for January 2021 few links I had on hand are:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/3dprinter/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reddit r/3dprinter - 3D Printer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reddit r/FixMyPrint - Get help to diagnose and fix 3D print p... |
<p><em>Yeah, it's a bit long, apologies. But I feel it is worth bringing up.</em></p>
<p>Many questions are actually <a href="/q/83/">troubleshooting questions</a>. You may try to answer them to unblock the concerned who stuck, but number of possible causes, which mean many degrees of freedom... so sometimes you can on... | 2021-02-02T03:12:05.947 | 512 | Troubleshooting questions - suggesting redirection to the chat? | |discussion|site-promotion|comments|chat|new-users| | <p>Moving discussions to chat is automatically suggested when the amount of comments is becoming too high. This is a separate chat between the discussing users, but not limited, I've entered many of those rooms later to pitch in. The generic <a href="https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/79830/public-3d-printing-room">P... |
<p>I've just noticed this Meta post, <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/364007/280335">Testing three-vote close and reopen on 13 network sites</a> and I wondered whether we should employ it here, and what do other people think?</p>
<p>We are a smallish site, with a smallish number of active users (although it is... | 2021-05-14T02:49:36.517 | 519 | Does this 3D Printing site want only three votes to close (or should we stick with five)? | |discussion|status-completed|closed-questions| | <p>It's been almost a whole year since this was escalated this to the Community Team, so I apologize for the delay in actually processing the request! But the good news is <strong>you now officially only need 3 close votes to close a question on 3D Printing SE!</strong></p>
<p>After looking at the data, I think it's cl... |
<p>Related to the recent question, <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/q/18141/4762">How to determine the firmware and firmware version of a Frankensbox fx-800?</a> and given that:</p>
<ol>
<li>The Frankensbox FX-800 is a <em>rebranded</em> Dedibot DF3;</li>
<li>The support for the Frankenbox appears to be, t... | 2021-09-28T03:29:23.603 | 530 | Frankenstein's synonym | |discussion|tags| | <p>A synonym is a solution to let people choose the tag they think is the correct one (the synonym), but gets converted to another tag (the target).</p>
<p>From <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/suggest-tag-synonyms">3D Printing Stack Exchange -> Help center -> Privileges</a>:</p>
<blo... |
<p>We got <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/314/can-we-get-mathjax-enabled">MathJax enabled</a>. Today I learned that there is even more! We could have <a href="https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9710/can-we-extend-mhchem-support-in-mathjax-to-include-physical-units?cb=1">... | 2022-05-08T19:12:53.590 | 537 | Can we get mhchem support? | |feature-request|status-completed|mathjax|formatting| | <p>The deed is done. Behold! In all its glory:</p>
<p><span class="math-container">$$\pu{273.15 K}$$</span></p>
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<p>I'm aware I cannot ask for recommendations and I'm not interested into.
But I'm looking for a specific feature of a 3D printer and since my primary language is not English I'm not sure which is the correct word (or words) to describe such a feature.</p>
<p>My question would be like this: "I'm looking for an enc... | 2022-09-11T14:38:45.753 | 554 | Am I allowed to ask the correct name for a specific feature? | |support|asking-questions| | <h2>Part identification is on topic</h2>
<p>We have had questions about what the specs for a motor were, we had some about replacement parts.</p>
<h2>Spool sizes are on topic</h2>
<p><strong>Bobbins, reels or spools</strong> have almost standard sizes, because manufacturers buy them in bulk from China. Typical sizes I ... |
<p>I have a question about my 3D Printing Stack Exchange post: <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/22984/what-measures-can-be-implemented-to-ensure-equitable-access-to-personalized-trea">What measures can be implemented to ensure equitable access to personalized treatments using 3D printing?</a></... | 2024-02-21T02:10:28.860 | 602 | Appeal request for my two questions | |support|editing| | <p>First let me say, thanks for trying to participate in the site.</p>
<p>As the <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask">help</a> states:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefuln... |
<p>I'm dissapointed in the size of the active community on this site, considering how long the site has been active (<a href="https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/82438/3d-printing">https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/82438/3d-printing</a>) and how mainstream 3D printing is. It's visible on the amount of v... | 2023-11-22T15:41:13.487 | 582 | Migrating questions to grow this site into a bigger and more active community? | |discussion| | <p>As one of the Quintarchy of users that managed to get more than 10000 Rep here, and someone that was very active like 2 years ago I can tell you a tale that might exemplarify why migration <em>can</em> help, but doesn't happen a lot:</p>
<h2>A tale of 3 Printers</h2>
<p>My tale of 3D printing began with a silly ques... |
<p>In addition to this: <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/428/is-photogrammetry-and-3d-scanning-on-topic">Is photogrammetry and 3D scanning on-topic?</a></p>
<p>Shouldn't this site be called "3D manufacturing" or something broader? As 3D printing suggest only "printing" an... | 2023-11-01T09:54:26.140 | 577 | Is everything related to (or for the purpose of) 3D printing such as 3D scanning as well as 3D designing in-scope on this site? | |discussion|scope| | <p>Regarding 3D scanning and design.</p>
<h2>3dprinting.stackexchange.com</h2>
<ul>
<li>14 results - <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/search?q=photogrammetry">https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/search?q=photogrammetry</a></li>
<li>0 results - <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/search?q=NeRF">h... |
<p>Currently, pure CAD questions are out of scope of our Stack, but we have quite some cases that edge, where the question about the CAD is about how to make a model printable or design principles or such.</p>
<p>Where do we draw the line in the sand? <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/204/the... | 2021-01-16T15:38:49.223 | 501 | CAD Questions - Review | |discussion| | <p>It is good that you found that original question. It <em>was</em> added to the <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/276/game-plan-what-is-on-topic">What's on topic meta question</a>, but that area of the topic list doesn't seem to have been particularly well hammered out. If you look at the <... |
<p>"Does anybody" questions are, to me, a sign of especially poor writing: They ask about mere existence, and then the answer always can be yes, as there will be one experimental setup that did exactly that.</p>
<p>But it is impossible to prove a negative, so such questions stay unanswered or attract poor ans... | 2020-12-26T14:38:01.347 | 497 | What do we do about "Does Anybody do/have X?"? | |discussion| | <p>Encourage them to rewrite, and if they have the solution, encourage them to write an answer and accept it. The question can be closed by voting so that the author can rewrite the question and add more information (based on some comments of high reputation members and mods), if that doesn't work, the question could b... |
<p>So, recently I was looking at an answer, I clicked on the vote up button because it was good and then noticed I already had. The score changed to 2 and I un vote-upped it. Is this supposed to happen? The answer is <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/11580/xyz-davinci-3d-printer-constantly-jamming... | 2020-04-19T03:24:29.057 | 483 | Am I supposed to be able to vote up twice? | |bug|down-votes|up-votes| | <p>Remember that you aren't the only one voting on questions and answers, <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users?tab=Voters&filter=all">more people do</a>, actually, voting is the way to show your appreciation.</p>
<p>It can happen that if you upvote, somebody else might have done that too since you l... |
<p>to make reading tags easier, I propose to swap <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/lcdscreen" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'lcdscreen'" rel="tag">lcdscreen</a> to <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/lcd-screen" class="post-tag" title="sho... | 2020-02-29T14:15:31.480 | 474 | Tag Rename: lcdscreen -> lcd-screen | |discussion|tags| | <p>For better readability, the tag has been updated to include a hyphen: <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/lcd-screen" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'lcd-screen'" rel="tag">lcd-screen</a>.</p>
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<p>Half a year passed since <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/430/tag-maintenance-summer-2019">Tag Maintenance Summer 2019</a>. A lot was done, some wasn't, so cleanup and rinse and repeat: Let's do some tag maintenance, especially regarding printers to make them easier to read. Use an answer... | 2019-12-08T10:24:03.447 | 453 | Tag Maintenance Winter 2019 | |discussion| | <h1>Prusa</h1>
<p>Status:<strong>Done</strong></p>
<p>Type: Re-tag</p>
<p>In light of correcting tags to the official names <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/prusa" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'prusa'" rel="tag">prusa</a> should be <a href="https://3dprinting.stack... |
<p>We should do some tag maintenance, especially regarding printers to make them easier to read. Use an answer to propose a change, merge or split. Discussions for each change should go into the comments of each change.</p>
<p>Some things are easier than others: </p>
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<li><strong>Renaming</strong> a tag can be do... | 2019-08-31T08:00:48.233 | 430 | Tag Maintenance Summer 2019 | |discussion| | <h1>Manufacturer: Monoprice</h1>
<p>Status: <strong>Done</strong></p>
<p>This tag (<a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/monprice" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'monprice'" rel="tag">monprice</a>) is used for tagging questions regarding various printer types while the ta... |
<p>This is actually an odd question for me, so let me explain it as best I can...</p>
<p>After logging back into the Stack Exchange Network after some time, I got a notification stating that my 3D Printing Stack Exchange Profile has had 10 reputation deducted.</p>
<p>Now, after reading the 'Read more' link provided b... | 2019-06-19T14:58:43.977 | 418 | Why do I have a 'User was removed' entry on my reputation change sheet? | |discussion|support| | <p>A user's account was deleted, for whatever reason. Therefore, any votes that they had cast in the past were automatically deleted, and any associated reputation changes were lost. A lot of other people, across many SE sites, also lost a lot of reputation on 25/05/2019 as the user, whose account was removed, was a fr... |
<p>I don't want to ask off-topic and opinion questions here, but I would like to find a cadre of others dialing in their devices.
Any ideas?</p>
| 2019-04-22T21:06:47.520 | 394 | Where to find others with Prusa3D i3m3s/MMU2s printer? | |discussion| | <p>There is a lot of activity on Reddit related to 3D printing and the Prusa printers.</p>
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<p>I think we all had this issue in the last years:</p>
<p>As we learn and grow our own knowledge, things we once considered hard become easy.</p>
<p>Now, our answers often address issues that are <em>pretty easy</em> to fix by tweaking <strong>simple things</strong> like...</p>
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<li>leveling the bed</li>
<li>fixin... | 2019-02-04T16:51:03.030 | 388 | What do we consider Simple/Advanced/Complicated things to fix on a machine and how to tell the asker? | |discussion|answers| | <p>I like the points raised in this question as well as the ordering/organisation of the fixes/tasks, but it would really depend on the user and where they are coming from (as @0scar says "the level of expertise of the tinkerer"). </p>
<p>As a case in point, (as well as playing devil's advocate) seeing as I still (rat... |
<p>Below are the review queues for ELU, ELL, and 3DP:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/08pBy.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="ELU"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/08pBy.png" alt="ELU" title="ELU"></a> <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0yOo4.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="ELL"><img src="https:... | 2019-01-08T12:31:49.840 | 380 | Why is our moderation queue order different from the other sites I have access to? | |feature-request|bug| | <p>The order is different because this is a beta site. They're shown in the order of reputation required to access them (and then alphabetical).</p>
<p>So First Posts and Late Answers are always at the bottom (requiring 500 reputation on graduated sites and 350 on beta sites like 3D Printing). On beta sites, Close Vote... |
<p>There are quite a few questions that are centered around homing or problems with homing. Currently we have no tag in place to identify such questions. You see that people choose the <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/y-axis" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'y-axis'" ... | 2019-01-08T07:57:02.277 | 379 | Should we add a [homing] tag? | |discussion|tags|retagging| | <p>Yes I do think we need such a tag (<a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/homing" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'homing'" rel="tag">homing</a>), homing is a specific action that should be identified as such. I've added the tag to a specific question on homing and will ... |
<p>Whilst looking at the <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/tags/synonyms">list of synonyms</a> I see that <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/machanics" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'machanics'" rel="tag">machanics</a> is a synonym of <a href="https://3dpr... | 2018-09-03T22:23:18.913 | 331 | What are machanics? | |discussion|tags| | <p>Done and deleted machanics (nothing was tagged by it anyway)</p>
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<p>We have two tags: <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/support" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'support'" rel="tag">support</a> & <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/support-structures" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged '... | 2018-09-03T21:49:01.497 | 329 | Tag synonym: support & support-structures | |support|tag-synonyms| | <p>The tags <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/support" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'support'" rel="tag">support</a> & <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/support-structures" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'support-s... |
<p>I see a number of people writing "CURA", when I have always called it "Cura". So I started to wonder if CURA was a <em>capitalised</em> acronym, like LiDAR or NATO (but not like radar or laser).</p>
<p>I had a look and the Wikipedia entry, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura_(software)" rel="nofollow norefe... | 2018-08-19T10:09:55.410 | 321 | Which is it - CURA or Cura? | |discussion| | <p>As of version 4 the splash screen has changed, also the branding/naming of the product throughout Ultimaker's website.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1eX3U.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1eX3U.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Technically it is not <... |
<p>I'm seeing a current trend towards many questions only receiving a single answer, and according the the <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/82438/3d-printing">Area 51</a> stats, we ought to have an <em>average</em> closer to 2.5. Granted that some questions are really only in need of a single (obvious... | 2018-08-15T16:12:32.347 | 317 | Encouraging more answers per question | |discussion| | <p>Something to realize is, ApQ is one of the least dependent factors for graduation. I don't think this site lends to having a huge amount of ApQ's, because usually there is only going to really be one answer which will work. I think the ApQ category was based more towards the programming/tech sites. I mean, when prog... |
<p>Our site is dealing with electronics and practical engineering, so we use formulas in questions and answers on occasion, most usually when we have to figure out electronic ratings. </p>
<p>When we talk about the <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/760/analytic-equations-to-make-algorithm-of-3d-p... | 2018-08-03T20:27:00.687 | 314 | Can we get MathJax enabled? | |discussion|feature-request|status-completed|formatting|mathjax| | <p>$$\text{3D Printing Stack Exchange} \subset \text{Stack Exchange sites that use MathJax}$$</p>
<p>There are <a href="http://data.stackexchange.com/3dprinting/query/879802/mathjax-inline" rel="nofollow noreferrer">~17 posts</a> that could use an edit. Most of those are prices that have been converted into MathJax. ... |
<p>If you use the favourites function and have accumulated a number of favourites, I am sure that, over time, you will look back and think, "Why on earth did I favourite that question?" This is obviously because there is no functionality to add a comment.</p>
<p>Apart from either having a piece of paper, or a textpad ... | 2018-08-01T15:11:14.910 | 311 | All of my favourites look the same! | |support| | <p>From <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75944/favorites-improvements-search-categorize-personal-tags-add-note-favorite-a">Favorites improvements - search, categorize, personal tags, add note, favorite answer</a>, you might find that <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75944/favorites-imp... |
<p>There must be a subtle difference, that I can't quite see, between <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/material" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'material'" rel="tag">material</a> and <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/print-material" class... | 2018-07-06T17:00:02.433 | 289 | Difference between material and print-material tags | |discussion|tags| | <p>I agree, there's not much difference inherently between these two tags. However, we could try to direct the use of <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/material" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'material'" rel="tag">material</a> to more general (not necessarily 3D prin... |
<p>If you look at the existing tags there are tags for printer brands/types and tags for mechanical 3D printer types (e.g. Delta or Prusa, which actually is a brand and a mechanical type...). </p>
<p>Do we need to create tags for every printer out there or list them by type?</p>
<p>My reasoning for creating tags for ... | 2018-07-06T11:49:56.123 | 286 | Tagging for printer specific brand and type | |discussion|tag-synonyms|tagging| | <p>Ah, I think I see, and I may have initially misunderstood. I had understood (in the chat) that you wanted a tag for <em>each</em> make/model, but, in fact, you would rather link each make/model back to a printer type, so</p>
<pre><code>P3Steel -> Prusa
Kossel -> Delta
</code></pre>
<p>Is that right? </p>
<... |
<p>With respect to this question, <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/6041/how-can-you-both-reliably-print-and-remove-your-item-without-breaking-it-when-de">How can you both reliably print and remove your item without breaking it when detatching it?</a>, the OP rightly states the following:</p>
<bl... | 2018-06-04T10:45:41.683 | 266 | Tag required for "object removal from print bed" | |discussion|status-completed|tags| | <p>imho that could be a <code>post-processing</code> category/tag.</p>
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<p>I can't find an answer to this question on the "mother" meta website; hope this is not related to my choice of words in the search box. </p>
<p>The statistics of the <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/">3D Printing</a> on <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/82438/3d-printing">Area51</a> sh... | 2018-05-25T07:45:52.050 | 264 | What does it take to get out of Beta stage? | |discussion|status-completed| | <p>One thing that I noticed about the stats for this site when I first came across it was how high the number of registered users and visits is, compared with the number of active users and questions.</p>
<p>For some time, I felt the site had either picked up some bad stats, or was in the final stages of fading away. ... |
<p>I've just had one recent comment flag declined on a noisy comment.</p>
<p>This comment was a reply to a deleted '+1' comment, and said, simply:</p>
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<p><a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/1477/how-to-optimally-make-a-3d-model-of-an-object-using-photos/1486#comment2055_1486">@Frank... | 2017-07-24T11:55:02.873 | 242 | Why was this flag on a 'thanks' reply to a deleted +1 comment declined? | |support|flagging|comments| | <p>That action didn't appear in the moderator activity history, so I'm not exactly sure how it was handled. Regardless, I agree and have deleted the comment.</p>
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<p>We have, now, assertained that <em>inlined videos</em> (for want of a better description) are currently turned off (disabled) for SE 3D Printing, but can be turned on at any time, and there is no need to wait for the site to exit Beta, see <a href="https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/226/is-the-inlin... | 2017-06-06T16:14:10.127 | 230 | Should we turn on "inlined video"? | |discussion|feature-request|status-completed| | <p>It actually seems like a user from 3D Printing SE - @markshancock - has asked this exact question <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/296832/what-are-the-limitations-in-beta/296833#296833">over at the general Meta</a>. (Nice work, @markshancock!)</p>
<p>As pointed out by <a href="https://meta.stackexc... |
<p>I have just edited a new post, <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/4153/help-understanding-bridge-settings">Help understanding bridge settings</a>, so that the video would be "inlined" and playable in the post itself<sup>1</sup>.</p>
<p>However, the video does not show up, and only the ... | 2017-05-29T18:35:41.533 | 226 | Is the "inlining videos" capability turned off on this site? | |discussion|feature-request|status-completed| | <p>A note of caution, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/c/moderators/questions/257#answer-261">this post</a> on the Stack Moderators site, Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2's post, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/c/moderators/questions/257">How do you request embedded video for your site?</a> - As mods can only follow these links I've inc... |
<p>On reviewing the question, <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/4148/how-can-i-solve-syntax-error-for-the-following-code-in-python-2-7">How can I solve syntax error for the following code in Python 2.7?</a>, it seemed to myself, and others, that it should be migrated to StackOverflow.</p>
<p>When... | 2017-05-28T23:03:46.663 | 224 | Flagging a question for migration | |discussion|flagging| | <p>Use the flag "In need of moderation attention" and then specify why it should be migrated and where to. It doesn't always work, depending on the length of time that the question has been posted for and some other factors, but often it does work.</p>
<p>The answer to "Why?" is simply because it hasn't been set up by... |
<p>This question may require migration to Meta.SE, as it could be a site-wide "bug", but I thought that I would test the waters here, to see if there is an obvious explanation.</p>
<p>I noticed that a question of mine had been modified, on April 16, by "Song Khmer" <strike>in the <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexcha... | 2017-05-10T17:05:36.850 | 222 | An invisible modification | |bug| | <p>Regarding the "invisible modification", there is technically a modification made multiple times by the user <strong>Song Khmer</strong> (now destroyed). This user was posting nonsense to your question by copying text from your question and posting it as an answer.</p>
<p>The reason you probably did not see this in ... |
<p>There is a <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/printing-powder" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'printing-powder'" rel="tag">printing-powder</a> and a <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/metal-powder" class="post-tag" title="show questions t... | 2017-02-01T16:40:45.223 | 215 | Merge [printing-powder] and [metal-powder] tags? | |discussion|tags|tag-synonyms| | <p>In my opinion it should not. There is a distinction. If someone said powder printing to me, I would think of powder + glue printers. Metal powder is pulverized metal that are bound with an insanely expensive laser.</p>
<p>That said no everyone will tag with that distinction in mind. Which has little to no impact. <... |
<p>Seeing too many terrible questions lately asking along the lines of
"My printer was working, now it is not! Help!" With no provided information. As we are a growing group I do not want to just close them and say you suck at using our site... but I am finding that these questions end up orphaned.. I usually recommen... | 2017-01-24T17:27:29.223 | 210 | How to handle "Why is in't my printer working?!" questions | |feature-request| | <p>I've added a custom off-topic close reason. It needs another moderator to buy off, but it goes as follows (pretty much copied what you outlined in your question):</p>
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<p>Questions seeking troubleshoot help ("My printer was working, now it
is not! Help!") must include information on 1) expected beha... |
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