@concretedog

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Tinkerer, creates lots of stuff including the pay as you feel #SOURCE magazine https://sourcemag.co.uk/
Writer/Has Written for Raspberry Pi Press, Hackspace Magazine, Tindie, Kids Code CS, FreeCAD and more.
A couple of books, "FreeCAD for Makers" and "Design an RP2040 board with KiCad" published on RPI press.

Forged in the heart of a mountain.

Life is hard but kitty so soft!
For those following along, Young Grasshopper's first attempt at a wearable prototype. All their own work. Damn good try.

Damjan just merged one of my most awaited features in #KiCad

There is now a UI to make simple 3D bodies for parts that don't have a 3D-Model yet.
It can work on the Body outline or the courtyard, supports multiple materials/rendering styles and automatically add THT pins.

https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/merge_requests/2542

This will not show up in KiCad10 because it changes the file format. In about a year with KiCad11 it will be available in a stable release.

PSA that KiCad nightlies are now available as AppImages (https://downloads.kicad.org/kicad/linux/explore/nightlies). Much more convenient than building from git yourself!
Downloads | KiCad EDA

So related to that earlier toot this morning I have discovered you can #repair a crushed unsolicited free rubber duck included with electronics by dunking said ducko in boiling water... I felt you all should know.
Hey @stewart I am old and may well be misremembering things.. but at one point did you work on the thingiverse stl viewer functionality? I may totally have dreamt that!
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Well, since you asked... micron precision 3D printer XY Table, 8mm range of linear motion, print-in-place, no support. #RepRapMicron PIKA V0.02
Doc appointment with horrible time management (nothing new there) but at least I can use the #XteinkX4 to get some nice reading in while waiting for my appointment that was supposed to be 1.5h ago... ๐Ÿ™„
New one for me, ordered a bigtreetech skr pico board for an @rpimag project... got a free slightly crushed rubber ducky! Hope this doesnt mean a load of rubber duck debugging! #rp2040
It's #FreeCADFriday! Hope you have all had a wonderful week and are looking forward to the weekend. What are you working on with #FreeCAD? #CAD #CAM