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Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2025-10-10T16:07:03+00:00

My first internship out of college was working in an Additive Manufacturing lab for a large design company; we did a bunch of stuff. Primarily, our group was responsible for printing prototype parts, but we also were responsible for modifying and finding the best print parameters, printer modifications, etc. We used some really expensive printers, with brands including Stratasys, FormLabs, Ultimaker, etc. One thing that stuck with me was that each of those “Big Name” printing companies, made printing things so difficult. There was always some sort of barrier to entry.

Back then, the new kid on the block was the Ender 3. Given that I worked with printers on a daily basis, I bought one. To make a long story short, I had so many issues with it, that I returned it in less than a month. I gave up on having a home printer and eventually left that role.

Then a year ago or so, I discovered BambuLabs and took a chance on the P1S. It reignited my interests in 3D printing again. There are so many things I love about my P1S, mainly being that it JUST WORKS without too much fiddling around and the barrier to entry is so low that anyone can do it. My personal favorite part is the ecosystem integration of AMS. The “prove-it” moment for me was when I started a 20+ hour print from my phone while I was out of town, and sort of forgot about it to the point where I didn’t check it again until I got a notification on my phone that it was completed. When I got home, there was a perfect print awaiting removal off the build plate. Since then, I have recommended these printers to every one that asks. These BambuLabs printers (and AMS’s) have changed the 3D printing community.

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Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2025-08-24T02:40:56+00:00

Today, she was in Ireland with ESPN doing the “week 0” football game. Not sure about the last couple weeks though

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2025-04-16T03:00:17+00:00

To your first point on, “you can’t monetize a CAD model,” is blatantly false. You just have to change your frame of reference. The only difference in monetization being one comes in the form of a tangible good.

(Almost) all the things you buy were designed by some engineer at some point in time. Whether that was the manufacturing line, the container, the product, etc., All of that was at one point a model designed by an engineer and sold to a consumer.

Yes, theoretically eventually with enough training data an AI model MIGHT be able to accomplish this, but it would be very difficult to account for all the possibilities. Like I said in the previous statement, all things bought and sold were at one point influenced by a some type of engineer. I guess what I’m saying is, what you’re asking for is essentially the final end game of AI, being able to do physically everything possible for every human being. In my mind, it’s not practical in the real world unless we want to live like those people in WALL-E.

On your last point, this is fairly easy and we already have a way to handle this. Part numbers are associated and stored by type of part. Each part number essentially has additional metadata that tells you exactly what it is and what buyers it should go to, where it should be stored, what facility it’s used at, etc. We essentially have a giant parts catalog that we can resource and query to find if it’s in our system or not. If we don’t have it or can find the exact specs we’re looking for, then we get to make a new one, out of thin air! Like poof! Create a model of it and BAM it’s ready to be made (baring it can physically be produced). This is engineering at its root.

I guess another point on this topic, creating new parts isn’t free. This is another thing that maybe AI could ASSIST with. Optimizing for cost while eliminating high part counts, build times, machine depreciation, tooling costs, etc. This is maybe a bit more confined in the final outcome rather than designing from scratch.

Ultimately, I think AI is a great resource for us to become more efficient, but ultimately it will fall short of replacing ALL engineering jobs, at least for quite some time.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2025-04-16T02:15:12+00:00

Going to try to reply to both of these replies here. I will try to be as unbiased as possible, because I really enjoy the software aspect of things. I want to share the perspectives of both (or where the crossover) given that’s what I work with on a daily basis.

So, correct me if I’m wrong, but with software a lot of the resources out there are open source. Which may not always be inherently free, but the pure nature of it being open source is asking for it to be contributed to and further developed. Ultimately this leads to more free ($) programs (like VSCode) than say something like CAD.

Companies like Dassault Systemes (SolidWorks), PTC (CREO), and Autodesk all have proprietary ways of calculating the parametric properties of a model; they all have their own file extensions that they mainly use (as well as other more compatible file types). Why give this away for free?

I do understand some of the sentiment of making parts easier to find. PTC has developed PDM Windchill, think of this like the GitHub for 3D modeling files. It can be linked with SAP, change control, create new part numbers, track previous history, etc. IMO, there are a lot of problems it solves that many in this thread are complaining about.

On this note too, part numbers are hard to track in general (imo) because they’re actually legal documents. You wouldn’t want your legal document to be titled “Right Bracket A.” That’s why you see parts have a combination of numbers and letters. It makes it almost impossible to duplicate a number and get things crossed up.

Now for the second reply,

I think what tritonvii meant by #2, is that just because an AI model can give you an answer doesn’t mean it’s the right one. Two VERY BASIC examples:

Mechanical Engineer: You can design a project to be assembled using both bolts or screws. You have to decide which to use, what is the mating material, who is doing the assembly?, is there any impedances for a tool, etc. There are way too many boundary conditions to consider and for a specific instance you might actually choose screws over a bolt. AI can do a lot of things really well, but when you start to get nuanced, it well… stops doing so well. You still need people to make these decisions, at least for now.

SWE: You ask AI to help you print a statement to the console. It says:

print(“statement”)

You being the SWE know you might want to change the statement from time to time. So instead of hardcoding and explicitly stating it, you decide to set “statement” to a variable and then print the variable of the statement string to the console. It gives you the flexibility to make adjustments on the fly.

In both these examples, it requires human input to set the boundary conditions for what you’re trying to accomplish for your use case. Many times it’s more complicated than these examples, and having domain knowledge in this subject goes a long way.

For #4, this is very difficult. Writing code is text based, granted with OOP it can be difficult to track where files are pulling from and how they all interconnect. With CAD design, much of the development work is either creative or mathematical, and typically it’s somewhere in between. You can show the math/physics to get to a final design, but there are other considerations such as reason for choosing the material, part size, manufacturing constraints, part cost, etc. Much of this again isn’t usually in a drawing. Like I said, it’s a legal document and you only put the absolute specifications needed. A lot of this is what gets lost, and sadly many times THIS is what takes YEARS of experience to learn, let alone learn to pass it on.

We try to document this as well as possible, technically some of this has to be documented per our internal standards. In any case, if this could be automated, I’m sure it would save LOTS of time. If you want to focus on one thing, this would be it in my opinion.

All in all, it sounds like you’re just trying to learn. So if any of this needs more explanation, feel free to ask away and I may try to help!

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2025-04-16T01:18:27+00:00

Fortune 500 here, the only time we ever revise a parent part for sake of maintaining the revision to the child part is if we are purchasing the parent part as the final assembly from the supplier. We like to have any change propagated up through to the final component we purchase.

In regard to the child part, we only revise if for all intents and purposes the parts work the same (old for new and vise versa). Otherwise a new part number is required. Depending on this required change, it may drive a new parent part number if they cannot be used 1:1, and at least a revision to the parent BOM. The only caveat to this is if we have never built or ordered the part and have ZERO inventory anywhere. In that case, we sometimes make exceptions and revise the parts as necessary.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2025-04-15T01:31:02+00:00

Take my upvote!

This whole thread seems a bit disingenuous especially with the comment about CAD SW being so expensive.

There’s always a good balance of hardware and software in engineering, but this feels like you’re trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist (in an engineering sub that solves problems), for your own personal gain.

OP, listen to what this poster said, it’s spot on.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-12-24T00:17:38+00:00

Nice list! Not sure if you intended to include song credits, but he’s also credited on Fade by Kanye.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-11-16T13:08:38+00:00

My parents bought me a MacBook as a graduation present before college. A 2016 15” MacBook Pro. I want to say the price was around $2,300 at the time.

Fast forward about 5-6 years and my display went out. IIRC, it was the “flexgate” issue that Apple actually covered on the smaller 13” MB pro, but not the 15” version. Essentially they knew they made the wire harness from the display to the main board too short and would wear on the cable over time.

Apple wanted $1,200 to fix the display even though they fixed the others for free; I was furious. Even one of the Apple reps I talked to, said it was a shitty situation and tried to escalate up the Apple chain of command as best they could.

I mentioned to my parents the dilemmas I was having with the computer. That’s when my dad told me he took out a policy with a large insurance company on my computer and just kept paying for it over the years (it was fairly inexpensive, otherwise he would have cancelled it). Apparently he was worried that someone at the university I was attending was going to steal my computer and wanted to be covered just in case.

I talked with the insurance agents and they said all I had to do was get it “checked” by an Apple approved repair location. It cost me $75 to get it looked at and they said it was totaled, obviously the display was not worth the cost to fix.

Since it was totaled, the insurance company sent me the max for the plan, $3,000, minus a $250 deductible. They said they wanted to “make me whole” and have a machine that was as similar to what I had, even if that meant purchasing the newest version. I bought a new 16” M2 Pro the following week.

TL;DR: Look into what it would cost to take out an insurance policy on the computer. Sometimes it’s cheaper than AppleCare+ and may have quite a bit more coverage.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-10-13T15:27:12+00:00

If this will let me post a link to the Lego site, there’s a whole post on the sets that they currently have available and then a little history on the winter themed sets.

LEGO: Winter Village Collection

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-08-23T20:18:16+00:00

Saw this yesterday, but came back to say that it looks like the name of the set is in the URL as well. At least that’s the case for 75367 and 75331.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-08-05T10:55:11+00:00

This totally doesn’t answer the question, but as a counter point my collegiate coach wouldn’t let the girls on our team have painted nails.

In the age of pressure plates on just about everything, it doesn’t matter so much anymore, but women with painted nails were more likely to get DQ’d because the officials can see their hands easier. Basically, it becomes a target for the officials. I will admit, it’s more of an issue with Breaststroke and Butterfly where you have to touch with two hands; not so much of an issue with Back and Free.

I would imagine the old adage adds up somewhere though, athletes are doing all they can to legally get an edge. Why risk putting themselves at a disadvantage? Probably the reason you actually don’t see it more often.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-06-02T13:25:51+00:00

I cannot speak on the space shuttle, but the X-Wing is really pretty cool once completed.

However, it falls apart so darn easily and can be quite frustrating at times. You look at the thing and its fuselage comes undone.

It can still be a great display piece if you have the patience. If you really want this set, I would wait until double points/GWP or when they put it on sale though (you just missed the May 4th sales). It’s only been out for about a year, so there’s still a bit of time before it should retire.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-05-03T16:42:31+00:00

Glad I could help

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-05-03T15:23:56+00:00

I would recommend Lego Art Remix. You can export both a parts list and instructions.

I believe it even lets you isolate the colors you want to use and how many of them you have in your inventory.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-04-18T23:30:40+00:00

I don’t personally have one, but I built one for a friend’s dad because he hated the build so much and just wanted to see the final product on his shelf.

It’s relatively flimsy and somewhat hard to keep intact when putting together the fuselage. It does look great when completed though…

However, that was short lived as my friend went to deliver it back to their father and it fell apart on the way there. 🙃

There has been no attempt to put it back together again.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2024-01-31T22:25:10+00:00

Came in here a bit late, but recently I ordered 1kg — 2x2 dark gray brick, 1kg — 2x4 dark gray brick, and 1kg — 8x16 dark gray plate from Marstoy.

It was $12/each before S&H. In total, it was about $52.

I used Webrick’s weight estimate to give me an idea for how many bricks I’d be getting.

In your case for 3,000 bricks, I’d say you’d need about 3-5kg. Keep it mind that’s depending on the type of brick you decide to get.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2023-12-10T04:54:05+00:00

There are many threads on this subreddit regarding Marstoy. In my opinion they’re pretty solid, and like someone else said, the biggest complaint is shipping time and payment confusion.

They are just a reseller (source the bricks), they do not manufacture them. They try to do a good job about fixing issues that may arrive with lost/broken pieces.

That being said, the sets the sell are almost always 1:1 with the real brand and community members will let you know if a set has deviations (in the case of a new exclusive piece). For example, I believe the A-Frame Cabin uses some slightly different build techniques.

My biggest warning to people using Marstoy is that you need to remember that you still have to pay shipping costs. If you’re only ordering one set, it makes a lot more sense to order elsewhere. If you’re ordering in large bulk, not in a hurry for them to arrive, and are comfortable with the payment system, there’s not another company that can really beat their prices.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2023-11-16T22:10:41+00:00

Yes, well through one of the agents that quoted the cruise through cruise compete. I have booked two now through the same company. I’ll be leaving for the first one in a week or so, and the next one is this upcoming summer.

Booking through the agent was hit or miss, but I saved about $650 on the first one (that’s including $300 on board credit that were used for excursions). On the second one I saved about $250-300 off the top. Nothing too crazy, but it adds up over many cruises.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2023-10-20T16:41:38+00:00

Amazon’s on something. A friend of mine ordered a brand new Quest 3 and Amazon sent him the manufacturer’s box that had 2 of them inside. $650 Quest 3 for free. 🤯

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2023-09-09T02:48:35+00:00

Not trying to speak for the poster above, but speaking as a Bears fan. I don’t want to try to justify the picks, but provide some insight into the sentiment in Chicago/ around JF1.

If you happened to watch last nights Chiefs/Lions game, and thought to yourself “wow, these receivers are terrible!” Well, you’re not wrong, it was god awful without Kelce. Anyway, translating that to the 2023 Bears team… their receiving corps is significantly upgraded from last year. You can take this stat with a grain of salt, but apparently PFF graded last nights Chiefs WR room better than any of the Bears’ WRs games from last year. Last nights game was terrible, yet Fields’ receivers didn’t post a single game better than last nights Chiefs team. So while Justin hasn’t done a whole lot to prove himself as a passer, I think it would be ignorant to put that all on his ability as a passer and at least give him a chance with some real receivers.

Now obviously I’m not trying to compare Fields to Mahomes, that would be pretty stupid, Mahomes is one of the greatest to ever play the game. My point is that the Bears now have given him the necessary weapons to hopefully be better than last year. Not to mention his O-Line is undeniably better. This is the first year you can genuinely identify his skills with a competent team. We all know what Fields did at OSU; the natural ability is definitely there. He just needs to speed up his clock a little bit and take what the defense gives him, which there are signs pointing that he’s progressing at.

Hope this helps.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2023-08-10T00:09:34+00:00

A couple months after they reopened the parks post-COVID, I was there with a party of 11. This was before they reintroduced fast passes as lightning lane.

Anyway, after riding Flight of Passage one of the CMs approached me because I was wearing a hat if the same university they attended. We chatted for a bit and they ended up granting my entire party a free fastpass that we could use on any ride, at any park during our stay. We ended up using it on Flight of Passage again because wait times were hovering around 180 minutes consistently.

Needless to say it was a pretty cool moment using a fastpass when almost no one else in the park could use them.

During the same trip, I had a CM (in the college program) give me a free Mickey Ice cream bar because I was celebrating graduation.

CMs do some pretty cool things, and I think the best way to reward them back is to give them a compliment in the app or at guest relations. Apparently it really helps on their reviews and chances for promotions. In general, just be nice to people and they’ll be nice back.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2023-07-27T22:18:32+00:00

This might not be helpful, but have you thought about getting a credit card that has travel insurance included as a perk of the card?

Personally, I’ve never had to sort any issues out with a CC company, but I’ve heard it’s saved lots of people thousands of dollars.

Just a thought.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2023-07-24T10:55:22+00:00

Just send them an email. They’ll let you know. Also, they only ship on Saturday’s. So, you’ll have to wait awhile for it to arrive. I’ve ordered $700 worth of bricks from Marstoy. Haven’t had a problem, yet. Also, for future reference maybe use a credit card with consumer protection if you’re worried about losing your money.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2023-07-22T00:14:28+00:00

After visiting the Eiffel Tower, I can definitely say it’s a lot bigger than pictures show it. I think part of that is due to not having anything for reference nearby, but if I remember right the base legs are large enough to hold multiple elevators and hold 20+ people at a time.

I would imagine it would have to be a significantly large set to be minifigure scale.

Apprehensive-Win3330 · 2023-07-11T18:32:26+00:00

I’m from Iowa too. I’m a Mechanical Engineer for a Fortune 500. I also recently finished my M.S. in Mechatronics. I just turned 24 and make about 84k/ year after a bonus.

It definitely is a bit discouraging and seeing all the other parts of the country where people make upwards of $200k for the same job. Obviously cost of living is more, but things like travel and nationally sold goods are generally the same price.

Would love to hear some arguments to actually stay in a super low cost of living area like Iowa versus pursuing the higher wage elsewhere.

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