This log is just a collection of articles that I agree with.

• https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/do-3d-printers-make-you-cry
  • The issue I agree with is that hobbyist 3D printer manufacturers (except Prusa) aren't tackling ways to make the process less problematic. Unfortunately, there's only so much you can do with FDM, but SLA requires even more work from the user, leading on to the next article. 
  • With (soluable) support material and reusable supports, as well as isotropic properties of resin without having to worry about enclosed voids, the process should become much simpler in both hardware and software for L^3 printing. 
• https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/the-trouble-with-many-asian-desktop-3d-printers
  
  • On the software side (#SecSavr Sol^2 [gd0045]), I'm thinking of a feature that is a merge between the Windows 8/10 UWP print dialog and the online shopping experience of AliExpress and Amazon. It's not "at the press of a button" simple, but hopefully something like "print now" and "add to queue" instead of "buy now" and "add to basket".
  • I also would like to make in-software tutorials similar to the reason I write these logs in the first place: to be able to direct those interested to concentrated source of my research and information.
• https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/resin-3d-print-times-longer-than-you-think
  • Because of Suspense and Sol^2, I should be in a position to eliminate most of the steps described in a typical day resin 3d printing. There'd be new ones though, such as putting back the reusable support blocks, but the most important seconds to save are the ones that I have to be doing something.
  • There's actually a step even larger -- way larger -- than any on the list he talked about: creating the model itself. 
    • Specifically for parametric + history based modelling, I've still got the opinion that I want to develop #enSweepen [gd0096]. Reading https://develop3d.com/cad/the-future-of-cad/, it seems that the big players in the industry also acknowledge that sketching needs some work, but they all seemingly going to use machine learning and AI to predict or inspire the user. Obviously, I don't have that kind of training data, and looking at all the stuff that I've modelled gives me the impression that each new modelling project has to be conceptualised differently enough to mean that an actually useful system is years away. I personally think that the way of creating sketches needs to be less linear and more explorative since, especially in 3D printing, requirements and specifications are usually going to change. 
    • For human-to-computer interfacing, I'm working on #Tetent [gd0090]. I see this as the most important project of mine currently since this will speed up near everything I do when I'm awake. While the Suspense project is smaller in scope than #SecSavr Sublime [gd0036], I still need to make sure I have enough confidence and energy to go through all the required steps, and my classical keyboard and mouse isn't going to allow for that.
• https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/seven-hardware-features-that-should-be-on-resin-3d-printers
  • I also believe that as many surfaces inside the printer should be wipe-able and I'd like to get some sort of cartridge fill level sensor. Additionally, I think implementing a wizard into Sol^2 is a needed feature, especially since the material side of this project's equation is a big question mark. The other 3 features are not needed for this printer as the problems they address no longer exist.