What 3D Printer works best with Autodesk

[Anonymous]

Hello, I've been researching and thinking about buying my own 3D printer. I know that I'm going to use an AutoCAD product but I don't know what printer. What printers or what printer company work best with AutoCAD softwares? I've look at some, but they either use their own software or had bad reviews. Thanks

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

welcome @Anonymous!

>> what printer company work best with AutoCAD softwares?

It depends on what you want to print, the size, the material(s), the quality, the number of objects and a lot more ...

Prices for 3D printers start at a few 100 USD, and go up to  millions.

So what are you trying to print?

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

A few little things, Im going for around a 6" by 6" by 6" printing dimensions that's less than $1,000. The quality doesn't have to be the best and for materials, I'd be using PLA filament. Also, I don't need a printer that has a multicolor feature, unless it works better with the software. Thanks again

[Anonymous]

Size wise, I would prefer something around 6" by 6" by 6" and less than $1,000. Also, I would like to use PLA filament only because I've used it before, but I don't know how much stuff I would print. I would base it off how much filament is on the spool. Thanks again

[Patchy · Accepted solution]

I have it for 3 years now, works like a horse, nothing broken yet.

[Anonymous]

Do you use AutoCAD with yours?

[Patchy]

Yes, all my parts were drawn using plain autocad using 3d and STLOUT to get .stl

Import it into 3d printer, very simple.

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much, I've been trying to find a 3D printer for quite sometime and decide to try the forums to see what people people recommend. Also, would other printers from the same company work as good? The one you recommended was a fair price, but if some of the other ones would be better I wouldn't mind paying $100 or $200 more for something that I'll keep for a while.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

I would recommend the Prusa device(s) as 2 of my colleagues have, they are happy with that device (>>>click<<<).

I by myself have an Ultimaker 2+ and I'm very (extremely) happy with that, but it's more than USD 1000,-

I'm doing my work with AutoCAD as well as with Fusion 360, then exporting STL and most parts are then prepared using Simplify3D (which costs about USD 150,- but it is really worth the price doing better and faster prints than other packages I tried).

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the recommendation, its surprisingly cheap for such a new printer and should do what I need to it to do. Thanks again

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the recommendation, it helps a lot to get information from people who have some sort of experience when it comes to something so expensive as a 3D printer. I look forward to making my purchase. Thanks again