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My friend sold me his ps3. it didn't have a side panel. I 3d printed one.

Oh wow that's really cool! Out of curiosity, how did you do the modelling? I've been wanting to get into 3D printing replacement parts myself, but have gotten a lot of conflicting information about good software to use, good practices, etc.

That's pretty neat. I'm not very familiar with 3D printed but would it be possible to sand a 3D printed part and paint it to give it a similar finish to what the PS3 had originally?

MattKC wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:31 am Oh wow that's really cool! Out of curiosity, how did you do the modelling? I've been wanting to get into 3D printing replacement parts myself, but have gotten a lot of conflicting information about good software to use, good practices, etc.

Thanks!
I didn't make this particular model myself (turns out I'm not the only one who needed this lol). However, when I do make/modify models for 3d printing purposes I really only ever use Blender (for the actual modelling) and Cura(to convert the model to a format usable by 3D printers). A lot of the specifics in terms of the process and what you can do will depend on your specific printer. I expect that's probably where a lot of the conflicting information comes from, something that works great on one printer can absolutely suck on another.

andreizabest wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:50 pm That's pretty neat. I'm not very familiar with 3D printed but would it be possible to sand a 3D printed part and paint it to give it a similar finish to what the PS3 had originally?

Yep! In fact, that is common practice for things like cosplay props and such. I could probably do that for the PS3 panel as well but then I'd have to repaint it and it just isn't worth the hassle for something like this IMO.