D3D Universal Industry Standards

Basics

• This page is going over the Industry Standards for the D3D Universal

Products that Fill a Similar Niche

Open Source

Prusa Mini

• Doesn't come with the toolheads stock, but is otherwise similar
• Has:
  • Bowden Extruder
  • Cantilever Design
  • Marketed somewhat "easy setup"
  • Auto-Bed Leveling
  • "It Just Works" mentality
  • Fully Open Source

Non-Open Source

Printrbot

• "Printrbot Simple" (?) to be more specific?
• The Wikipedia Page on Printrbot
• User:goldfishlaser supposedly has hands on experience with one

Open Source Prior Art

Toolheads

Multiple toolheads for a given machine are a common idea found in:

1. Snapmaker
2. E3D's current work on the automatic tool changer - but this is only for exchanging print heads.

Axes

• This work is based on the D3D Simple - modifying for quick attachment of multiple heads.
• D3D Simple is based on the Universal Axis
• The Universal Axis is a modular, scalable derivative of the Prusa i3 printer X axis. Instead of using a dedicated design for an X axis, why not generalize the design to make it work for X, Y, and Z - and make it Intensively Scalable and Extensively Scalable at the same time?

Other Prior Art

Axes

This refers to other ways that people do a linear axis motion system. A common way is using lead screws.