Bummer. Glad you had already considered it though. At one point in my 3D printing journey I would’ve gone straight back to CAD for small tolerance issues
It needs good feedback. Agentic systems like Roo Code and Claude Code run compilers and tests until it works (just gotta make sure to tell it to leave the tests alone)
That’s a great idea and would require similar amounts of support, however there’s still going to be 90 degree overhangs that wouldn’t come out quite as nice as the orientation I used
The model in question only has 1 flat side, its end (which is the top in the photo). Every other side requires supports if it’s on the build plate because of the recess in the cap, and the cap being wider than the rest of the model
This model is almost entirely overhangs with small gaps between them, making support removal a pain. This way uses less filament and makes for better quality
Oh I just realised that the article itself is paywalled and the audio recording was unrelated