Paint 3D

[Nick Clarke 3Participant @nickclarke3]

[Nick Clarke 3Participant @nickclarke3]

I know that Windows 10 has included a free 3D drawing program called Paint 3D for a while, but I have to confess I have never even looked at it until today.

With the latest (April/May 2019) update to W10 I thought I would have a look through the changes – and discovered it will connect to a 3D printer.

Has anyone had chance to look at this? Is it worth experimenting with?

As a newcomer to 3D printing (2 weeks with a Creality Ender 3) it certainly seems to be a far simpler system than Cura – and in any case my 3D CAD of choice is FreeCAD and Cura is broken in my version.

Edited By Nick Clarke 3 on 05/08/2019 18:33:00

[Dave Smith 14Participant @davesmith14]

Paint 3D can draw primitives (cubes, cylinders etc) but you have Boolean addition, subtraction etc, eg you cannot add a cylinder to a cube. Basically useless for any engineering type function in my opinion. Continue with your existing CAD software and just direct the stl file.

Dave

[Nick Clarke 3Participant @nickclarke3]

Thanks Dave – I wasn't wanting to draw from Paint £D, but wondering if it could act as a slicer/printer controller.

Being so new to the subject of 3D printing, I wondered if there was any experience here on the forum I could pick on – I am still only struggling up the foothills of the FreeCAD learning curve and did not wish to be distracted from learning that if Paint 3D was no use.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I've found it a pretty horrible program to use.

Neil

[EmgeeParticipant @emgee]

Just used it tonight for the first time adding captions to a picture, OK for that purpose.

Emgee

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