Thingiverse already makes 3D design and printing very easy for the novice, and with the 3D Slash app, now they will also find a special set of tools that allow them to create or customize ‘things’ within the platform. With their new app on Thingiverse, 3D Slash is making their services known to a much wider audience-and a perfect one-considering the continual flow of new users perusing MakerBot’s popular design community known around the world. Companies like 3D Slash realize exactly how this scenario goes, and thank goodness they’ve done the heavy lifting for us time and time again with new features for their app, new releases, and now, their latest partnership with Thingiverse. That machine is sitting there ready to print what you tell it to in all its perfection, and yup, now you have to do some brainwork.

While we hear so much today about turnkey 3D printing solutions that allow users with little experience to hop on board as soon as that much-awaited package is delivered to the door, it can be a letdown to realize, after the euphoria of unpacking that glorious, shining new beast of a machine, that yes you need to download software, do at least a little finagling, and prepare your models for the printer.

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