[BlindMath] Accessible 3D printing

[Rastislav Kish]

Hey there,

as for creation of 3D models, there is the [OpenScad](https://openscad.org/) project, which should help you with this. You basically create models in something very similar to a programming language, fully text based, so you can also make use of versioning software like Git if you’re developing a design.

Note that OpenScad is mostly a technical thing, it’s not like those fancy tools sighted people use to model real things, it’s suited more for technical components due to their regularity.

Although you’re of course not limited to them, for example, I have created a tactile Goban in it, so I could play Go on a real board.

As for the accessibility of printing itself, I don’t know if this can be done fully without sighted assistance. 3D printers (or at least the one I worked with) may need some corrections to do the job properly, otherwise you can get a quite weird output.

Best regards

Rastislav

Dňa 30. 6. 2021 o 23:21 Haden Pike via BlindMath napísal(a):

> This topic comes up every so often, but I can't recall what, if
> anything, was suggested. Nor can I find a resource for accessible 3D
> printing, thus this message. Does such a resource exist? If not, and
> assuming accessible 3D printing is both possible and the necessary
> materials are available, I intend to create this resource. I am not
> asking for a repository of existing models to download and print, but
> rather how to create these models myself,.
> Haden
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