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I find knoowingbthe basics helps.
I use blender. Its not perfect for 3d modeling. But I knew it a little to start. Also easy to set up on linux.
But honeatly learning its scale odds. (Defaults 1m to mm) boolean modifiers and 3d print tools. (Allow testing for real world models and extra faces.)
Really is all i need to modify stls and make my own sruff.
Google's sketchup (last free version is from 2017, but can still be found) is easy tool and still has bunch of mantained add-on's.
Even though I have FreeCAD installed (and I thinkered in it) I use SketchUp for all my prints.
Plus in comparison to FreeCAD SketchUp has no learning curve (plus I learned some tricks from free tutorial videos Trimble uploads)
May not be a popular opinion, but if you just want to fix shit like that, you can use Microsoft 3D Builder, it's super simple and pretty powerful.
Modifying existing meshes is difficult, especially more complex ones, I find that this makes it much easier to fix dumb shit or make simple modifications.
Oh my God the bastards at Microsoft killed the app!
I had used that before to fix files. It was great.
I can't seem to redownload it without jumping through hoops but know this was the right answer for none coder fixes. Sigh.
Good old Thingiverse. You'll get a great education in now not to design things for 3D printing wading through that slurry pit.
Yes, consider a 3D printer useless if you don't know how to use 3D modeling software.
@Krauerking my opinion is no. For many things you can find a model on line. Much of the challenge can be getting the printer to work as you wish, so modelling might not be first on the to do list.
i've been dying to try an llm that can generate stls from natural speech