Duplicat

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Looking for a demanding calibration test that will push your system to its limits? Look no further, because this little monster is waiting to pounce. At a mere 2.4mm in height, he'll test your modem speed, processing power, software options, hardware selection, filament choices, and patience all at once. It started with what seemed like a harmless attempt to convert an avatar .jpg into an .stl file. I used a high-resolution image (a crucial clue that would reveal all the problems to come). This tiny troublemaker will take several minutes to download, bring most slicing programs to their knees, and render scaling options useless unless you have at least 16mb of RAM. And just look what he did to my spool of filament! So, armed with a new laptop and MatterControl, I was finally able to get a plaque printed. This is the beginning of a project to bring Duplicat to life in toy form as I learn to master modeling software.