How do you decide what to print and what sites do you use to find free files? Im having a hard time finding 3d prints and the harder part is picking a file i like.
Yeggi.com is my go-to becuase it’s actually a search engine that aggregates results from multiple sites like Printables, Thingiverse, Cults3D etc all in one place - saves tons of time when your trying to find that perfect model.
Printables and Thingiverse typically. Sketchfab is great for 3D scans of real objects.
None of the sites are completely free from enshittification, but printables seems the least bad. Prusa has a better track record with supporting an open community, at least for now. Bambu+makerworld is an example of a company trying to close as much as possible to lock people in. Now I can’t download without a login? No thanks.
Now that it’s a thing, I always try checking the public Manyfold instance first! Do those federate here yet? Prolly something like @q8vfvg1f7m3k@3dprint.social ?
Yeggi for general search, printables is my go to spot for posting files.
Yeggi is my go to as well when I couldn’t find it at printables or makerworld.
