Hello community, I’ll try to be brief. My 13 year old son got a 3d printer as a gift, and I’d like to learn alongside him. We have 0 experience. However, I am a data scientist, so lots of professional Python experience, if that helps. We’re a foss/Linux family so my questions are:
What tools are the best to learn for 3d printing for me? I am ready to learn CAD programming. Can you all recommend a tech stack and resources to learn it?
Cura is worth the learning curve along with a raspberry Pi running Octaprint if you have a raspberry pi or old computer lying around.
Then I would recommend downloading some files using Thangs so you can dial in your slicer settings. Then I wpuld start with the CAD.
Edit: Added Thangs.
I have a home lab running two docker hosts, does it need to be dedicated hardware, or would this work?
Octoprint just runs in docker, you need to connect the printer to a USB port.