Collaborate Disseminate
Good news for everyone who cannot get enough from improbably shaped boats that get referred to as a bench: the current owner (NTI Group) of the copyright has announced that …read more Continue reading 3DBenchy Sets Sail into the Public Domain
Nobody likes reading the fine print, least of all when you’re just downloading some 3D model. While printing a copy for personal use this is rarely an issue, things can …read more Continue reading 3DBenchy Starts Enforcing its No Derivatives License
The 3DBenchy, or Benchy for short, is a popular test model for 3D printers. Designed with overhanging curved surfaces, flat planes, holes, and other difficult geometry, it’s a great way to benchmark a printer or verify that everything is set up correctly. It comes in rather handy, but at this …read more
Continue reading Ultra Benchy Is A Big Plastic Boat, Alright
We’ve always had a love-hate relationship with 3DBenchy, the tugboat-shaped 3D printer calibration target. On one hand, it’s incredibly useful to have a common, widely used, and challenging benchmark object to evaluate printer performance and improve tuning, but we’d somehow like to get back the countless frustrated hours we’ve spent …read more
Continue reading Benchmarking a Garbage Disposal Using The 3DBenchy Tugboat