mermaid.initialize({ startOnLoad: true });</script><metacontent="Aron Petau"property=og:site_name><metacontent="3D printing - Aron Petau"property=og:title><metacontent=https://aron.petau.net/project/printing/property=og:url><metacontent="My 3D Printing journey and the societal implications of the technology"property=og:description><metacontent=https://aron.petau.net/processed_images/prusa.759eb9cd38d42d4b.jpgproperty=og:image><metacontent=en_USproperty=og:locale><body><headerid=site-nav><nav><ahref=#main-contenttabindex=0> Skip to Main Content </a><ul><liid=home><ahref=https://aron.petau.net><iclass=icon></i>Aron Petau</a><liclass=divider><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/project/>Projects</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/contact/>Contact</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/cv/>CV</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/about/>About</a><liid=search><buttonclass=circleid=search-toggletitle=Search><iclass=icon></i></button><liid=language-switcher><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Language><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net//de/project/printing/lang=de>Deutsch</a></ul></details><liid=theme-switcher><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Theme><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><buttontitle="Switch to Light Theme"class=circleid=theme-light><iclass=icon></i></button><li><buttontitle="Switch to Dark Theme"class=circleid=theme-dark><iclass=icon></i></button><li><buttontitle="Use System Theme"class=circleid=theme-system><iclass=icon></i></button></ul></details><liid=feed><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Feed><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/rss.xml>RSS</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/atom.xml>Atom</a></ul></details><liid=repo><aclass=circlehref=https://forgejo.petau.net/aron/awebsitetitle=Repository><iclass=icon></i></a></ul></nav><divid=search-container><labelclass=visually-hiddenfor=search-bar>Search</label><inputplaceholder="Search for…"autocomplete=offdisabledid=search-bartype=search><divid=search-results-container><divid=search-results></div></div></div></header><mainid=main-content><article><divid=banner-container><imgclass=full-bleedid=bannersrc=https://aron.petau.net/project/printing/prusa.jpg></div><divid=heading><p><small><timedatetime=" 2018-05-03T00:00:00+00:00">Published on May 03, 2018</time><span> • </span><timedatetime=" 2025-05-05T00:00:00+00:00">Updated on May 05, 2025</time></small><h1>3D printing</h1><p><small><span>By Aron Petau</span><span> • </span><span>7 minutes read</span><span> • </span></small><ulclass=tags><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/accessibility/>accessibility</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/creality/>creality</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/decentral/>decentral</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/democratic/>democratic</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/engineering/>engineering</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/experiment/>experiment</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/gcode/>gcode</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/octoprint/>octoprint</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/parametric-design/>parametric design</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/plastics/>plastics</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/prusa/>prusa</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/slicing/>slicing</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/private/>private</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/work/>work</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/additive-manufacturing/>additive manufacturing</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/3d-printing/>3D printing</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/university-of-osnabruck/>university of osnabrück</a></ul></div><divid=buttons-container><atitle="Go to Top"href=#topid=go-to-top><i